M. Michaud - Histoire des croisades - 1825

Superb illustrated edition with numerous maps of this remarkable set on the History of the Crusades written by M. Michaud, a French historian and writer of the 19th century -

These books trace the great stages of the military expeditions undertaken by Western Christians to liberate the Holy Land from the Muslims, from the 11th to the 13th century -

They present the causes, the people, the events, and the consequences of these holy wars, with a clear and vivid style. This complete four-volume set is nicely illustrated with plates, maps, and folded plans -

M. Michaud - History of the Crusades - 1825 - Volumes I, II, III, IV, V and VI - L. G. Michaud -

675; 654, 659; 595, 688; 548 pages -

Bound in good condition, the volumes in their full period green cloth bindings, wear from use, corners worn, marbled edges, smooth spine adorned, titles, tomes and the author’s name gilded on burgundy morocco inlay -

Interior in good condition, some foxing, fourth edition, revised, corrected and augmented, volume I containing The History of the First Crusade with a map of Asia Minor, the plans of Antioch and Jerusalem, volume II containing The History of the Second and Third Crusades with a map of the Christian States in Asia, and the Plan of Ptolemais, volume III containing the Narrative of the Fourth Crusade, the Conquest of Constantinople by the Franks, and the Sixth Crusade with a plan of Constantinople and Damietta, volume IV containing the end of the Sixth Crusade and the First Crusade expedition of Saint Louis, volume V containing the Conquests of Baibars, The Second Expedition of Saint Louis, The Capture of Ptolemais, the Wars against the Turks, volume VI containing the Moral Physiognomy of the Crusades, and reflections on their results -

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