[Rarebooks] FS: HISTOIRE DES CROISADES 7 vols.

[Kaaterskill Books]

We offer for Sale:

Michaud,  J.  Fr.  (Joseph  Francois).  HISTOIRE  DES  CROISADES. 
[SEVEN  VOLUMES  COMPLETE]. Paris: Michaud Freres et Chez Pillet / 
L.G. Michaud et Chez Ponthieu, 1813-1822.  612; 587; 551; 683; 549; 
712; 821 pp. Illus. 7 maps and 4 plates, most folding. 8vo. Full dark 
brown morocco with gilt rules, six compartments with gilt decorations 
and titles, board edges decorated in gilt, marbled endpapers. 
Graesse 512 (4th ed). Vicaire 804-5. Brunet 1698. V.1: 1813 printing. 
V2-7: first editions.

Volumes 1-3  cover  the first  through the  sixth crusades;  volumes 
4-5  contain  later  expeditions  and general information;  volumes 
1-5  also contain  further  documents,  'Pieces  justificatives,'  at 
the  end  of  each;  volumes  6-7  are  titled  Bibliographie des 
croisades, contenant l'analyse de toutes les chroniques d'orient et 
d'occident qui parlent des croisades.

Michaud's work, an expansion of a preface that he wrote on the first 
three crusades for the novel Mathilde by Cottin in 1805, is perhaps 
the first great synthesis of  material on the crusades, and with its 
somewhat romantic view, led to a new interest in the  medieval 
history when it appeared. Michaud would keep revising it until his 
death in 1839. A  classic.

Very good or better, boards lightly rubbed, a few spines scuffed, 
some corners a tiny bit worn, bindings tight, leaves clean and crisp 
and apparently unread, maps fine. A handsome  copy. [28929] $750.00

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