Lot 08325

(COLLECTIF) ‎La Chevalerie et les Croisades. Féodalité, Blason, Ordres Militaires / ‎ Ouvrage illustré de 214 gravures et d’une chromolithographie d’après les grands ouvrages de Paul Lacroix sur le Moyen-Âge et la Renaissance. Edité par Firmin-Didot et Cie, Paris, 1887. In-4 (18 x 27 cm), pp. viii,322,[2]. With chromolithograph in frontispiece and numerous (214) B/W engravings in and out of text.  General overview of feudalism, chivalry; origins, institutions, duels and tournaments, crusades. The present work was composed mainly of the text written by Paul Lacroix, for the chapters relating to military life, manners and sciences in the Middle Ages. Leather bound back corners. Title and gold fleurons on spine with 5 nerves; wear of use. Signs of browning and spotting inside, otherwise Very Good condition.