{"product_id":"antique-french-book-knights-of-malta-vertot-18th-century","title":"Antique French Book, Knights of Malta, Vertot, 18th Century","description":"\u003cp\u003eA single volume of Vertot's history of the Knights of Malta, printed in Amsterdam in 1772. The full title reads Histoire des Chevaliers Hospitaliers de Saint Jean de Jérusalem, the order known first as the Knights of Rhodes and later as the Knights of Malta. This is Tome Second, the second volume of the set, written by the Abbé de Vertot and noted on the title page as the revised and enlarged edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe boards are covered in feathered marbled paper, that rhythmic peacock pattern of red, soft blue, and ochre pulled by hand from a pigment bath. The spine is a quiet sage green with a hand-inked paper label that reads Histoire des Chevaliers de Malte, Tome 2, lettered by an early owner in brown ink. The surfaces carry the wear you want on a book this age: soft corners, a little loss along the spine ends, the marbled paper rubbed in places.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA beautiful object for a shelf, a stack, or a styling vignette, with a subject that carries its own quiet romance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeasures 7.25 by 4.5 by 1.75 inches.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Foundresse","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56583094173862,"sku":null,"price":98.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0637\/7645\/6870\/files\/082CB270-61DD-4880-ACF7-C38CEB5A4B07.jpg?v=1780678096","url":"https:\/\/foundresse.com\/products\/antique-french-book-knights-of-malta-vertot-18th-century","provider":"foundresse","version":"1.0","type":"link"}