Vie Militaire Et Religieuse Au Moyen Age Et A L'Epoque De La Renaissance by Lacroix, Paul - 1873

Librairie De Firmin-Didot. Collectible - Good. Condition: Good; Hardcover. Red cloth with gilt decoration and printing on covers. Troisieme Edition. 14 beautiful chromolithographic plates. Ex-Library. The book has been re-backed and the spine is now blank with no printing. Interior pages in good shape and the plates still have their tissue guards. Solid binding. Text in French. Photos upon request.

PARIS: LIBRAIRIE DE FIRMIN DIDOT FRERES FILS ET C., 1873. Bella edizione del 1873 di questa opera sulla vita militare e religiosa nel medioevo e Rinascimento scritta da Paul Lacroix. Numerose illustrazioni in bianco e nero e 14 finissime planches in cromolitografia coperte da velina. Testo in lingua francese. All'interno: Feudalità, guerree e armi, Marina, Crociate, Cavalleria e duelli, ordini militari, Liturgia e cerimonie, I Papi, Clero secolare, Ordini religiosi, Istituzioni caritatevoli, Pellegrinaggi, Eresie, Inquisizioni, Funerali e sepolture ecc... In buone condizioni. Copertina in pelle editoriale con titolo e decorazioni in oro in buone condizioni generali con lievi usure ai margini e dorso. Legatura in buone condizioni. Le prime cinque pagine in parte staccate. Pagine in buone condizioni con fioriture. In 4. Dim. 29x21 cm. Pp. V+57. Peso Kg. 2,170. Beautiful edition of 1873 of this work about military and religious life during Middle age and Rinascimento written by Paul Lacroix.… Read More

Military and religious life in Europe in the middle ages and the Renaissance by noted French bibliographer and author, Paul Lacroix or Bibliophile Jacob (1807-1884). Chapters include Military Orders, Charitable Orders, the Crusades, Chivalry, Heresies, the Inquisition, Graves and Funeral Rites. Profusely illustrated with 14 chromolithographs by Franz Kellerhoven, Felix Elie Regamey and E. Allard, and 410 woodcuts, many full page, in the text by Etienne Huyot and his son Jules Huyot.Bound in red buckram with intricate gilt embossing on the covers and spine, decorative black and gilt endpapers, AEG. Text in French. v, 577pp. 4pp. of publisher's advertisements. Condition: spine repaired, rear board starting, interior fresh and clean with very slight foxing. Heavy book, additional shipping charges required.

Paris: Libraire de Firmin Didot Freres, Fils et Cie, 1873 12th Edition. Previous owner's name inside front board, dated 12 October 1873. Dark red boards with gilt title and decoration, gilt page edges. Clean interior, front hinge is beginning to loosen. Overall very well cared for.

Paris: Librairie de Firmin-Didot, 1877. Fourth edition. Paris: Firmin-Didot, 1877. Fifth Edition. Paris: Firmin-Didot, 1878. Third Edition. Paris: Firmin-Didot, 1880. Seventh Edition. Four volumes. Quarto, full gilt-decorated red morocco, all edges gilt, v, 577, [blank], [ii catalogue] pp + iv, 603 pp + xii, 520 pp + viii, 570 pp. Illustrated with chromolithographs, wood engravings. Fine.