Mansuet - Critical And Apologetic History Of The Order Of The Knights Of The Temple. Guillot, 1789.

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"Mansuet - Critical And Apologetic History Of The Order Of The Knights Of The Temple. Guillot, 1789."

MANSUET LE JEUNE - Critical and apologetic history of the order of the knights of the temple of Jerusalem, known as templars. Paris, Chez Guillot, 1789; in-4, color frontispiece, XV, a fold-out map representing the Holy Land, 390, 364 pp., contemporary full speckled calfskin binding, spine decorated with five-ribbed poppies, edges painted in red, title label in morocco red. We know from Dom Calmet in the "Lorraine Library" that the author was a professor of philosophy and theology at Pont-à-Mousson from 1732 to 1739, then he was a professor at the abbey of Etival. His history of the Templars obviously speaks of the Templars in Lorraine. Rare and complete work of the frontispiece in color.

Price: 1 800 €

Artist: Mansuet Le Jeune, Imprimé à Paris, Chez Guillot, En 1789. Avec Une Gravure Et Un Carte Dépliante.
Period: 18th century
Style: Louis 16th, Directory
Condition: Très bon état.

Length: in-4 oblong d'environ 2 kilos.

Reference: 1005834