[Rarebooks] FS: Scarce history of the Knights of Malta. 4 vols. Paris: 1726

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Vertot, Rene Aubert de. HISTOIRE DES CHEVALIERS HOSPITALIERS DE S. JEAN DE 
JERUSALEM, Appellez Depuis les Chevaliers de Rhodes et Aujord’hui les Chevaliers 
de Malta. Paris: Rollin, Quillau, Desaint. 1726. 4to. 4 vols. Illustrated 
with an engraved frontis. portrait of the author, 70 engraved text portraits, and 
6 maps and plans (some folding). Cont. calf, rebacked, brown & green morocco 
labels, some scuffing, hinges tender, but holding. Head of spine of Vol. I 
chipped. Ownership signature dated 1802 on title & blank preliminaries.     
$2,000.00 (trade discount allowed)
Included in Vol. IV is a chronological listing of all the Knights of Malta.

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