PANTALEON, Heinrich (1522-1595). Militaris Ordinis Iohannitarum, Rhodiorum, aut Melitensium Equitum, rerum memorabilium... Historia nova. Basel: [Thomas Guarinus], 1581. 2° (330 x 200mm). Woodcut printer's device on title, woodcut illustrations throughout, including maps, views and portraits, some full-page. (Light browning, faint dampstain in the last few gatherings, a few short marginal tears, occasional spotting.) Near-contemporary vellum, spine lettered in manuscript (some soiling, one turn-in lifting). Provenance: Theological Institute of Connecticut (blindstamps).

PANTALEON, Heinrich (1522-1595). Militaris Ordinis Iohannitarum, Rhodiorum, aut Melitensium Equitum, rerum memorabilium... Historia nova. Basel: [Thomas Guarinus], 1581. 2° (330 x 200mm). Woodcut printer's device on title, woodcut illustrations throughout, including maps, views and portraits, some full-page. (Light browning, faint dampstain in the last few gatherings, a few short marginal tears, occasional spotting.) Near-contemporary vellum, spine lettered in manuscript (some soiling, one turn-in lifting). Provenance: Theological Institute of Connecticut (blindstamps).

FIRST EDITION of Pantaleon's history of the Christian orders and their deeds against Turks, Arabs, and others in various theatres. The woodcuts include views of Jerusalem, Tyre, and Damascus, maps of the Holy Land, Cyprus, the Nile delta, Greece, and the Balkans, and plans of Constantinople and other cities. Not in Atabey. Adams P-178.