Monsieur Hermant / Humblot - Histoire des Religions ou Ordres Militaires de l'Eglise, et des Ordres de Chevalerie - 1725

Superb illustrated edition of this two-volume set, constituting a vast historical synthesis devoted to religious and military institutions as well as the various orders of chivalry that have marked the history of European and Mediterranean Christendom.

The project is in the tradition of ecclesiastical and noble histories of the 17th and early 18th centuries, which seek to trace the origin, organization, privileges, rules, functions, and evolution of armed religious communities and of confraternities of knights.

The aim rests on the idea that certain orders have occupied a particular position in Christian history by bringing together two apparently distinct dimensions, the religious vocation and the military function, notably in the context of the Crusades and the defense of Christian territories in the East.

Monsieur Hermant / Humblot - History of Religions or Military Orders of the Church, and the Knights' Orders - 1725 - Volume I and II - Jean-Baptiste Besongne -
435 + 515 pages + Indexes

Good condition of bindings, works in their full tawny calf of the period, wear from use, some minor flaws on covers and spines, worm-track work along the edge of a cover and at the tail of the hinges, torn without loss, heads and corners worn, red edges, spine with raised bands, gilt rolls on the edges, gilt-decorated compartments in morocco of varying tints, title and volume labels in morocco, double gilt border on covers, gilded arms -

Good interior condition, browning, small vignette on title page, pretty headbands, nice drop caps, tailpieces, the illustrations consist of numerous wood-engraved figures in the text, and a copper-engraved frontispiece after Humblot, flyleaves in decent condition, pleasant copy -

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