[Malta]. BOSIO (Giacomo). The lives of the Saints, and of the Saints of the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem.
Paris, at Jean du Hamel, 1631.
In-12 of [12]-139- 3bl. pages, brown calf, spine ribbed and decorated (period binding).
ORIGINAL EDITION in which the author (1544-1627), a friar servant and historian, paints the portraits of the most important figures of the Order: rector, grand master, commander... The work is decorated with the arms of François du Mansel Saint-Liger, and 12 full-page portraits engraved in intaglio. Binding worn, repair and missing title, some foxing and rings, some engravings trimmed short with missing. Handwritten notes on the last leaf.
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