Lot 20
Malta.- Knights of Malta. Statuti et Ordinationi Capitolari della Religione de' Cavalieri Gerosalemitami, manuscript in Latin and Italian, presentation leaf on vellum to Thomas Gaisford-St Lawrence, modern half vellum, [Italy], [c. 1578].
Hammer Price: £8,000
Description
Malta.- Knights of Malta. Statuti et Ordinationi Capitolari della Religione de' Cavalieri Gerosalemitami, manuscript in Latin and Italian, 416pp. (ff. 1-93, 109-224, lacks ff. 94-108), on paper, manuscript presentation leaf on vellum to Thomas Gaisford-St Lawrence laid down on front fly-leaf, title stained, ff. 1-93 corners stained, extensively wormed throughout mostly in margins but also affecting some text, some foxing, modern half vellum, title lettered on spine, sm. 4to (195 x 145mm.), [Italy], [c. 1578].
⁂ Statutes of the Knights of Malta, compiled during the Mastership of Jean l'Evesque de la Cassiere, including rules issued between 1555 and 1578 by the four most recent Grand Masters of the Order.
Provenance: Presented by Columba O Lochlainn in 1939 to Thomas Gaisford-St Lawrence of Howth, the eldest son of Thomas Gaisford, Dean of Christ Church, Oxford, from 1831-1855.
Description
Malta.- Knights of Malta. Statuti et Ordinationi Capitolari della Religione de' Cavalieri Gerosalemitami, manuscript in Latin and Italian, 416pp. (ff. 1-93, 109-224, lacks ff. 94-108), on paper, manuscript presentation leaf on vellum to Thomas Gaisford-St Lawrence laid down on front fly-leaf, title stained, ff. 1-93 corners stained, extensively wormed throughout mostly in margins but also affecting some text, some foxing, modern half vellum, title lettered on spine, sm. 4to (195 x 145mm.), [Italy], [c. 1578].
⁂ Statutes of the Knights of Malta, compiled during the Mastership of Jean l'Evesque de la Cassiere, including rules issued between 1555 and 1578 by the four most recent Grand Masters of the Order.
Provenance: Presented by Columba O Lochlainn in 1939 to Thomas Gaisford-St Lawrence of Howth, the eldest son of Thomas Gaisford, Dean of Christ Church, Oxford, from 1831-1855.
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