[Order of Malta] Histoire des Chevaliers hospitaliers de S. Jean de Jerusalem,

appellez depuis Chevaliers de Rhodes et aujourd'hui Chevaliers de Malthe. Abbé Vertot. Amsterdam. Wetstein & Smith. 1732. 5 volumes. Small 8vo. Uniformly bound leather. Title on spine in green, red and gilt stamping, edges red. 5x title leaf in red and black with vignette, frontispiece, engraving of the author by Delij and Bernarts. Complete with a folding map of the Mediterranean Sea by Guillaume Delisle, 2 folding maps of "Malthe du Gozé et du Cuming" and "Het Kasteel en de fortificaties van Malta" and a map of Rhodes.

The second edition of an important historical work on the Order of Malta. Ex libris of Albert Louis, Duke of Schulenburg. Bindings with traces of use, interior very good. Interesting and complete set. (total 5)