Lucca, S. and G. Marescandoli, 1733-1737.
Contemporary vellum bindings, morocco title-labels on spine.
Graesse V, p. 171. Documental history of the Knights of the Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem from 1088 till 1732. Pauli opens in the year of the conquest of Jerusalem by the crusaders, the beginning of the rise of the Hospitallers as a political, religious and military force. He treats their history via charters, statutes of the grand masters, papal bulls, royal letters, which he orders chronologically. Each volume opens with a chronological index of documents, followed by the full text of the documents.