Geschichte des Ritterlichen Ordens St. Johannis vom Spital zu Jerusalem. Mit besonderere Berücksichtigung der Ballei Brandenburg oder des Herrenmeisterthums Sonnenburg.
by WINTERFELD, A(dolf) v(on)
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Berlin, Martin Berendt, 1859. With lith. title, 18 mostly full-page illustrations (among them there are the color lithogr. frontispiece-portrait of Carl Prince of Prussia, 2 lithogr. color portraits of the Knights, 1 folded map of the Holy Land, plans of Jerusalem, Valetta and the Islands of Rhodes, Malta, Gozo and Comino, etc.), and some further illustrations in the text (Sonnenburg, etc.). XVI, 896 pp. 4to (260 x 200 mm). Contemp. decorated red cloth, all edges gilt (slightly worn). Berlin, Martin Berendt, 1859. First edition of this history of the Order of St. John by the Prussian officer A. v. Winterfeld (1824-1888). The Order of St. John of Jerusalem was founded in 1099. The Catholic Order of Malta is linked to the Holy See, but is independent and a sovereign subject of international law. The Bailiwick of Brandenburg became protestant in the 16th century, and is a branch from the same tree.- A good copy. - Hellwald, p. 36. JOHANNITER/MALTESER ;
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- Title
- Geschichte des Ritterlichen Ordens St. Johannis vom Spital zu Jerusalem. Mit besonderere Berücksichtigung der Ballei Brandenburg oder des Herrenmeisterthums Sonnenburg.
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- WINTERFELD, A(dolf) v(on)
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- Hardcover
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- Berlin, Martin Berendt
- Date Published
- 1859
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- JOHANNITER/MALTESER ;
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