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Title printed in red and black. With 16 engr. plates, and 1 folding genealogical table. 6, 128 pp.; 83 pp. 4to. Contemp. sprinkled boards (somewhat rubbed). Exlibris Eugen Graf Sylva Tarouca 1880. Frankfurt a.d. Oder, Jeremias Hartmann, 1737. First edition. Dithmar (1677-1737) was professor of law in Frankfurt/Oder, and historian. He had the function of a counsellor in the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, which was founded in 1099. In 1726, he published a revised and enlarged edition of Beckmann's "Beschreibung des ritterlichen Johanniter-Orden", and wrote a history of the order in 1728; the present "Nachricht" is his final work on the subject. Each of the engraved plates shows four coats of arms. - Title and preliminaries somewhat cropped at lower margin, upper outer corner of title restored, otherwise a good copy of this rare work. - Hellwald, p. 103; VD18 14440474-001. HISTORY (KULTURGESCHICHTE) ; JOHANNITER/MALTESER ; RELIGION / THEOLOGY ; GERMANY ;