Histoire des chevaliers hospitaliers de Saint Jean de Jérusalem [...]. Cinquième édition, revue, corrigée et augmentée.

Amsterdam, La Compagnie, 1757

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5 vol., 8vo: [10]-756 [= 576], [2]-468, [2]-528, [2]-505[1], [2]-76 [= 476] pp.

Contemp. calf, gilt orn. spines with 5 raised bands, red edges (corners rubbed, some heads and tails def.). Good copy.

Fifth corrected and enlarged edition (1st 1726) of this extensive study on the history of the Knights Hospitaller or The Order of Knights of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem since the beginning (1099) to 1725, by the French clergyman and historian R.A. Vertot (1655-1735).
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