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PANTALEON (Heinrich) Militaris Ordinis Iohannitarum, Rhodiorum, aut Melitensium Equitum, rerum memorabilium terra Marique. Basel 1581, folio, woodcut printer's device on title, woodcut plans throughout, closed tear to title, final leaves with stained upper corner, later tree calf, excised bookplate.
*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

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