Histoire de l'abolition de l'ordre des templiers
Paris, chez Belin, libraire; Imprimerie de Chardon, 1779, 1ère Edition.
Plein cuir, reliure d'époque en très bon état.
17,5 x 10 cm, plein veau, 283 pp, complet et dans un très bon état d'époque.
Envoi soigné avec emballage carton.
Paris, Belin, 1779., 1779. Small 8vo. Title vignette. Half title page. 16 page preface [xx, 301 pages +2 pages royal publication license dated September 9, 1778]. In a nice contemporary binding of speckled calf, spine with brown morocco label and gilt acorn designs within gilt-ruled compartments, marbled edges and endpapers (signature with pages 281-288 is misbound, but the text is complete). Fine, clean copy. The Knights Templars were cruelly persecuted by Philip IV of France in 1307-13. With imprint of the printer, de Chardon, rue Galande, at end of the license leaf. Bookplate of Vincent Lloyd Russell on the front free endpaper.