Louis Maimbourg - Histoire des Croisades pour la délivrance
MAIMBOURG Louis- Histoire des Croisades pour la délivrance de la Terre Sainte - Paris, Sébastien Mabre-Cramoisy, pages - Large quarto Pastiche binding (label of the old binding preserved). 19 x 25 cmNice condition Pastiche binding with label of the old binding preserved, fresh inside. Discrete library stamp, some pages have traces of a red pencil. See photos. Rare first edition, dedicated to King Louis XIV.Illustrated with a frontispiece of the Cramoisy brand on the title (two storks), seven headbands, seven ornamental initials and six end pieces, engraved on copper by Noël Cochin and Chauveau This book is considered the masterpiece of Maimbourg, Jesuit and French historian. It is the first edition, rare, which will be enriched with a suite the following year, in . The third edition of , in duodecimo format (4 volumes), is the most common one. Read More