1726 – Knights Hospitallers – Vertot | First Edition – Crusades, Knights Templar – Maps

This 18th-century landmark work depicts some of the most important points of the crusades, the Knights Templar, Teutonic Knights, Knights of Malta, and the Knights of Rhodes (Hospitaller). It includes exciting adventures and travels through the lands of the Turks, as well as a great siege by the Ottomans. Vertot, a Jesuit, spent most of his life as a pastor. He had numerous critics and enemies, many of which disregarded his work as historically inaccurate, though there is little basis for their claims.

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Histoire des Chevaliers hospitaliers de S. Jean de Jerusalem, appellez depuis les Chevaliers de Rhodes, et aujourd’hui les Chevaliers de Malte
• Author(s): René-Aubert Vertot
• Publisher: Chez Rollin, Quillau, Desaint
• Edition: 1726. First Quarto Edition.
• Binding: Full leather
• Format: (4to), two volumes
  • First two volumes only
• Size:  10.25 in x 8 in (26 cm x 20 cm)
• Collation: Vol. I: [12], 696 pp; Vol. II: [2], 719 pp
• Illustrations: 43 engravings; 3 folding maps
• Contents Include:
  • History of the Knights Hospitaller
  • Accounts of the Knights of Rhodes and Malta
  • Descriptions of crusader campaigns and sieges
  • Engraved portraits and maps

Condition:

Very Good. Full leather bindings tight and secure with sound hinges. Corners show notable rubbing and wear. Engraved portraits and folding maps remain clean and free of tears. Text pages generally clean with no major loss.

Why Collect This?

• First edition account of the orders of the Crusades
• Includes all portraits and folding maps

Item Number: # 50365