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    By Major Whitworth Porter
    London   Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts
    8.5" by 5.5" xvi, 518; viii, 522pp.
    A beautiful Bickers-bound copy of Major Whitworth Porter's history of the Knights of Malta, complete in two first edition volumes, with the folding map.
    By Major Whitworth Porter

    1858 A History of the Knights of Malta

    London   Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts
    8.5" by 5.5" xvi, 518; viii, 522pp.
    A beautiful Bickers-bound copy of Major Whitworth Porter's history of the Knights of Malta, complete in two first edition volumes, with the folding map.
    £950.00
    : 2kgs / : 970Q19
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    Description

    First Edition, Folding Maps, Illustrated, Leather Binding, Scarce

    The first edition.

    Complete in two volumes.

    Bound by Bickers & Son in full calf. Half title retained to volume II. 

    Scarce work.

    Illustrated with a frontispiece and two plates to volume one, and a frontispiece and a folding map to volume two. Collated, complete.

    Written by Major Whitworth Porter, an English Major-General of the Royal Engineers, also known for his historical writings.

    Founded in Jerusalem in the 1070s, the Order of the Hospital of St. John, or The Knights of Malta was created as a hospice for pilgrims. During the Crusades its role became more political and military, becoming very influential in Europe. The Order of Malta is one of the few orders of its kind that is still active today.

    The first volume covers Palestine to Rhodes and the origin of chivalry, while the second volume focuses on Malta.

    Condition

    Bound by Bickers in full calf. Externally, very smart, with light rubbing to the joints and extremities, and the odd mark. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with a few spots to the first and last few pages, and offsetting to title page. Ink inscription to front blank.

    Very Good Indeed

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