[TEMPLARS]. DURDENT, Rene-Jean (1776?-1819). Beaute de l'his...

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[TEMPLARS]. DURDENT, Rene-Jean (1776?-1819). Beaute de l'histoire des chevaliers hospitaliers de Saint-Jean...et de l'histoire des Templiers. Paris: Dentu, 1820.
scarcefirst 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 until 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 scarce edition, not recorded in the catalogues of the Bibliothèque nationale de France or OPAC.

12mo (150 x 100mm). Engraved frontispiece and 2 plates. Contemporary half calf, gilt title and decorations to spine, marbled boards. (1)