VERTOT (L'abbé René Aubert de Vertot named simply l'abbé Ver - Lot 462

VERTOT (L'abbé René Aubert de Vertot named simply l'abbé Vertot) - Histoire des chevaliers hospitaliers de S. Jean de Jérusalem appelés depuis chevaliers de Rhodes; et aujourd'hui chevaliers de Malthe. Paris, Chez Barbou, 1772; in-12, VIII-522 + 411 + 458 + 440 + 430 + 480 + 444 pp. bound in contemporary full calf, 5-rib spines, edges painted red, brown morocco title-pieces. All 7 volumes. Abbé Vertot's Histoire de l'Ordre de Malte is one of his last works, commissioned by the Order of Malta itself, and far superior to the commissioned works imposed on a historian by virtue of his office. It is written with a freedom of spirit equally removed from any servile complacency. Fine condition. Expert : M. Philippe HENRY