Vertot, René-Aubert
The History of the Knights of Malta
£875
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 13 July 2022 from 10:00 BST
Description
London: for G. Strahan [and others], 1728. First edition in English, 2 volumes, folio (34.1 x 22cm), modern leatherette, [8] 487 [1] 180, [2] 80 79-220 143 [1] 196 [24] 3 [1] pp., 71 engraved portrait plates, 5 maps and plans (all but one folding), title-pages dust-soiled, occasional marginal finger-soiling, a few other marks, plates 11 and 47 and unnumbered plate facing volume 2 p. 108 browned, plate 48 stained, map of Malta and Gozo in volume 2 with partial split along one fold, volume 1 leaves 3D1 and 5K1 with repaired closed tears extending into text, short repaired tears to lower margins of a few other leaves (e.g. 3E1, 3L1, 4H1-2, 5S2, 5Z1), marginal loss and attempted repaired to 5Z2, volume 2 2O2 with loss to lower margin, 2M2, 3H1 and *T1 each with closed tear extending into text, 3K2 extensively repaired [ESTC T53873; cf. Cobham-Jeffery p. 62] (2)
Footnote
Note: First published in French in 1726.