Histoire des croisades – Louis Maimbourg – 1675 | First Edition, 1st Crusade

Histoire des croisades pour la délivrance de la Terre Sainte by Louis Maimbourg was first published in 1675. It was the first edition of Maimbourg’s chronological approach to the First, Second, and Third Crusades highlighting the events of the 12^th-century framed through the context of religious wars in the Holy Land. This work is known to be one of the earliest books to use the term “crusade” to describe these holy wars. Maimbourg, a Jesuit cleric, drew on royal and ecclesiastical sources to write this valuable chronicle.

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Histoire des croisades pour la délivrance de la Terre Sainte
• Author(s): Louis Maimbourg
• Publisher: Paris, Mabre-Cramoisy
• Edition: First edition, 1675
• Format: (4to), single volume
• Binding: Full leather
• Size:  10 in x 7.5 in (25.4 in x 19.1 cm)
• Collation: 650 pp
• Illustrations: Engraved added title page
• Contents Include:
  • Accounts of battles, royal figures, and major events from the First, Second, and Third Crusades

Condition:

Full leather. Fair. Leather worn away from hinges, but text block tight and secure.

Why Collect This?

• First known edition containing early printed use of “crusade”
• Covers first three Crusades chronologically
• Includes engraved title page

Item Number: #29061