VERTOT (Abbot). Histoire des chevaliers hospitaliers de S. Jean de Jerusalem, appels depuis les chevaliers de Rhodes, et aujourd'hui les chevaliers de Malte. Paris, Rollin, Quillau & Desaint, 1726. 4 volumes large in-4, granite calf, spine ribbed and decorated. First edition illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Vertot, 4 title vignettes, 5 folding maps, a plan of Rhodes and 70 hors-texte portraits. At the end of volumes 3 & 4 there is a list of the brothers knights of Saint John of Jerusalem classified by region and country, a dissertation on the government of the Order of Malta and the old and new statutes of the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem. A very critical and accurate work, the most important on the subject. (Quérard X, 128; Brunet V, 1149.) A very fine copy in large paper.