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[TEMPLARS]. DURDENT, René-Jean (1776?–1819).
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[TEMPLARS]. DURDENT, René-Jean (1776?–1819).
See original version (Italian)
Estimate €200 - €300
Voluntary lot
Description
[TEMPLARS]. DURDENT, René-Jean (1776?–1819). The Splendour of the History of the Knights Hospitaller of Saint John… and the History of the Templars. Paris: Dentu, 1820.
A rare first posthumous edition of this historical work devoted to the Knights Hospitaller of Saint John of Jerusalem and the Templars, published one year after the author’s death. The volume traces the history of the Order of Saint John from its origins in the Holy Land to its establishment in Rhodes and subsequently Malta, describing its organisation, military campaigns and role in the Mediterranean up to the early nineteenth century. A second part is devoted to the Templars, from the foundation of the Order to its suppression under Philip the Fair and the Avignon Papacy. A rare edition, not listed in the catalogues of the Bibliothèque nationale de France or OPAC.
12mo (150 x 100 mm). Engraved frontispiece and 2 plates. Contemporary half-calf binding, gilt title and decorations on the spine, marbled boards. (1)
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