MALTA GRAND MASTER KNIGTS OF MALTA 1751 SALMON ANTIQUE COPPER ENGRAVED PORTRAIT ANTIQUE COPPER ENGRAVED PORTRAIT OF GREAT MASTER MALTA old times rare books and maps (20100) 100% positiveSeller's other itemsSeller's other itemsContact seller US $14.50 MALTA GRAND MASTER KNIGTS OF MALTA 1751 SALMON ANTIQUE COPPER ENGRAVED PORTRAIT Description Il Gran Maestro di Malta in abito solenne di Funzione. Description: Striking and highly detailed interesting 1751 Thomas Salmon's copper engraved plate featuring the portrait of the Granc Master of the Knights of Malta, Malta. The Sovereign Military Order of Malta (SMOM), officially the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta (Italian: Sovrano Militare Ordine Ospedaliero di San Giovanni di Gerusalemme, di Rodi e di Malta; Latin: Supremus Militaris Ordo Hospitalarius Sancti Ioannis Hierosolymitani Rhodiensis et Melitensis), commonly known as the Order of Malta or Knights of Malta, is a Catholic lay religious order, traditionally of a military, chivalric, and noble nature.Though it possesses no territory, the order is often considered a sovereign entity under international law. The order claims continuity with the Knights Hospitaller, a chivalric order that was founded about 1099 by the Blessed Gerard in the Kingdom of Jerusalem. The order is led by an elected prince and grand master. Its motto is Tuitio fidei et obsequium pauperum ("Defence of the faith and assistance to the poor"). The order venerates the Virgin Mary as its patroness, under the title of Our Lady of Philermos. Date: 1751 ( undated ) Dimension: Paper size approx.: cm 12,4 x 18,4 Condition: Very strong and dark impression on good paper. Paper with chains. Map uncolored. Small foxing. Conditions are as you can see in the images. Mapmaker: Thomas Salmon (1679–1767) was an English historical and geographical writer. Born at Meppershall in Bedfordshire, and baptised there on 2 February 1679, was son of Thomas Salmon, by his wife Katherine, daughter of John Bradshaw; Nathanael Salmon was his elder brother. William Cole wrote that he wrote much of his work in Cambridge, where he ran a coffee house, and then moved to London. He told Cole that he had spent time at sea, and in both the East and West Indies for some time. He also travelled in Europe. In 1739–40 Salmon accompanied George Anson on his voyage round the world. He died on 20 January 1767. Антикварная гравюра Великий Магистр Мальты в торжественном облачении. 1754 Thomas Salmon Оригинальное название:"Il Gran Maestro di Malta in abito solenne di Funzione." Дата: 1754 г. Размер листа примерно: 12,4 x 18,4 Четкий отпечаток на плотной бумаге верже, издательский фальц. Состояние - см фото Картограф: Томас Салмон (Thomas Salmon) (1679–1767) был английским писателем-историком и географом.