BOUHOURS (Dominique). Histoire de Pierre d'Aubusson, grand-maistre de Rhodes. Paris, Sébastien Mabre-Cramoisy, 1676. In-4, brown calf, coats of arms in the centre, spine decorated, spotted edges (Binding of the period). First edition of this biography of Pierre d'Aubusson (1423-1503), 40th Grand Master of the Order of St John of Jerusalem, dedicated by the Jesuit Dominique Bouhours to his patron, François III d'Aubusson, Duc de La Feuillade. For a long time, this work was the main source available on the hero of the Siege of Rhodes, nicknamed the "Shield of Christendom". The illustration consists of a portrait of Pierre d'Aubusson on the frontispiece, three full-page plates - including a map of Rhodes (p. 108) and portraits of Sultan Mehmed II (Mahomet II, p. 24) and his son Djem (Zizime, p. 203) - and two headpieces, two initials and a repeating cul-de-lampe, all engraved on copper by É. Gantrel and L. Cassin after P. Sevin. A copy bearing the arms of the Dukes of La Rochefoucauld, with an ex-libris stamp from the library of the Château de La Roche-Guyon and a shelf label at the end. Top cap missing, water stain on second board, minor rubbing, worm gallery at bottom of pp. 89-134, light wetness at head of a few leaves.