1714 1ed Religious Orders Knights Templar Crusades Franciscan Monk Saints Helyot

1714 1^ed Religious Orders Knights Templar Crusades Franciscan Monk Saints Helyot

Hippolyte Helyot was a 17^th-century Franciscan friar best known for his book on the history of religious and monastic orders. ‘History of Religious and Military Monastic Orders’ was published in numerous volumes beginning in 1714 and formed one of the best works to date concerning the history of religious orders and is illustrated with impressive, full-page engravings of monks, nuns, and Catholic saints.

This set of four first edition volumes contain NEARLY 500 impressive engravings. Truly, a remarkable setting of Helyot’s famous work.

Item number: #21906

Price: $1500

HELYOT, Hippolyte

Histoire des ordres monastiques religieux et militaires et des congrégations séculières de l’un et de l’autre sexe, qui ont esté éstablies jusqu’à present;

Paris : Coignard, 1714-1715.

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages; 4 volumes
  • I – xcviii, [6], 399, [25]
    • 102 engraved plates
  • II – [8], 436, [36]
    • 119 engraved plates
  • III – xvi, [8], 456, [48]
    • 120 engraved plates
  • IV – [8], 464, [42]
    • 113 engraved plates
  • Provenance: Handwritten – le Ch.^er de Perrey, 1814
    • Pierre-Francois-Joseph Perrey was a French noble and cavalry captain of the Knights of St. Louis.
  • Language: French
  • Binding: Leather; tight and secure
  • Size: ~10.25in X 8in (25.5cm x 20.5cm)

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