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30 - [BOSIO (Giacomo)] – BOISSAT (Pierre de) – BAUDOIN (Jean) – N…
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[BOSIO (Giacomo)] – BOISSAT (Pierre de) – BAUDOIN (Jean) – NABERAT (Anne de). HISTORY OF THE KNIGHTS OF THE ORDER OF ST JOHN OF JERUSALEM, containing their admirable foundation and rules; an account of the wars in the Holy Land in which they took part, and their constant journeys, expeditions, battles, assaults and engagements. Paris, Jacques d’Allin, Rue Saint-Jacques, at the ‘Image de Saint-Étienne’, 1659 [‘The Statutes of the Order’ dated ‘1658’]. Three parts bound in a single folio volume in contemporary fawn sheepskin, spine with gold-threaded raised bands adorned with gilt fleurons, red morocco title label, gilt scroll at the tail (later binding); Part 1: (8) ff., 510 pp., (12) ff. of tables - Part 3: (12) folios including an illustrated title page, 133 pp. including an illustrated title page, (6) folios of chronological tables, 141–196 pp., 4 half-titles - Part 2: 241/248 pp. [numerous pagination errors; pp. 107–110 (ff. O2–3) and 112–122 (ff. P1–4, Q1) are MISSING] - (2) folios of illustrated general title page and notice to the reader (which should appear at the beginning of the volume), 28 pp. ‘Malthe supplicating at the King’s feet’. Paper repairs mainly in the margins; the margins of folios *iii and *iiii of the introduction are trimmed; a few stains occasionally making reading difficult (particularly in Part 3); copy partially washed, with paper now brittle; a small tear at the top of the upper spine, minor snags and losses to the headbands, a few scuffs. AN IMPORTANT FRENCH EDITION OF ONE OF THE GREAT ANCIENT HISTORIES OF THE ORDER OF MALTA, drawn from the monumental work of Giacomo Bosio (1544–1627). The history of the Order, originally translated by Pierre de Boissat, was revised, organised and expanded by Jean Baudoin, notably with the inclusion of the translation of the Order’s constitutions and statutes; the work is supplemented by the contributions of Brother Anne de Naberat. This latest edition, published by Jacques d’Allin in 1659, constitutes a veritable historical and documentary compendium devoted to the Hospitallers of St John of Jerusalem, from their origins in the Holy Land to their settlement in Rhodes and subsequently in Malta. It is one of the oldest and most comprehensive editions. It is divided into three parts comprising ‘The History of the Order’, the ‘Summary of Privileges’ and ‘The Statutes of the Order’. IMPORTANT COPPER-ENGRAVED ILLUSTRATION, including a BEAUTIFUL TITLE-FRONTISPICE by Jean Blanchin (curiously bound at the end of the volume, followed by the ‘Notice to the Reader’ and the 28 pp. of the petition ‘Malthe supplicating at the King’s feet’), the illustrated TITLE page of Part 3, repeated on pp. 50–53 of the same Part 3, 5 INSERTED MAPS with perspective views of the towns: the fortress of Margat, a fold-out map of the town of Ptolemais, Cyprus (following page 46, which is missing), and Valletta, the island and seat of Malta. The illustrations within the text comprise 59 PORTRAITS of the Grand Masters of the Order, a family tree of the Knights of Malta, a large portrait showing the habit of the Order’s nuns, and 4 views and plans of towns (Jerusalem, Ptolemais, Rhodes and Valletta). COPY AS IS, preserved in a 19th-century imitation binding, with the second and third parts reversed, the frontispiece and the notice to the reader bound at the end, with 7 text leaves MISSING from Part 2 and the Cyprus insert MISSING. ¶ Saffroy, I-5384.
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