1732ref. B2827Amsterdam: Wetsteins & Smith c. 1732. A very good set maps are clean and crisp. Edition: Second edition. Binding: Contemporary full speckled calf rebacked expertly spine in six embossed compartments of raised bands black morocco label on two all edges speckled endpapers renewed. Notes: Réné-Aubert Vertot was an important French historian. Among his works is the Histoire de la conjuration de Portugal 1690. The book was received with favour and in 1695 appeared the Histoire des révolutions de Suède History of the Swedish revolutions. In 1703 Vertot was made a member of the Académie des inscriptions. Besides contributions to the Mémoires of the Académie and other minor works he wrote the Révolutions romains 1719 and then his important work on the Knights of St. Jean Malta the Histoire des chevaliers hospitaliers de Saint-Jean de Jérusalem. Size: 8vo 165mm x 100mm Illustration: Title in red and black and with a printer's device elaborate head and tail pieces throughout. With 6 plates being the frontispiece the portrait plate and 4 folding maps including a map of the Mediterranean the island of Rhodos the island of Malta and of its fortifications at Valetta. Volume: Five volumes. References: Cioranescu 66185 Pages: P. Volume 1. frontis title blank 12 1-614; Volume 2. title blank 1-618; Volume 3. title blank 1-582; Volume 4. title blank 1-460; Volume 5. title blank 1-448 index 61 1. Category: ; Book Mediterranean Wetsteins & Smith hardcover