[Archeology/Holy Sepulchre] Mariti, Giovanni: History of the temple of the Resurrection... Livorno, Carlo Giorgi 1784. Bound with: Chronology of the Latin Kings of Jerusalem. Ed. 1784.

In-8°, mm. 220x150, pp. XVI, 356, (2), 4 cc. of folding plates. Contemporary hardback with handwritten titles on a tag on the spine. Work printed in Livorno in 1784 at Carlo Giorgi by the Royal Palace. With 1 large plan folded several times of the Temple of the Resurrection in Jerusalem (Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre) and 3 other folding plates depicting epigraphic inscriptions (p. 132, p. 174, p. 175). Bound at the end, with its own frontispiece: Chronology of the Latin Kings of Jerusalem 1784. In-8°, pp. vi, 103. The volume describes various stories linked to the Temple of the Resurrection in Jerusalem, such as the capture of Jerusalem during the Crusades by Godfrey of Bouillon, as well as analyzing the Masonic symbols to indicate specific places within the Holy City. What makes this copy truly unique, rarely put on sale, is the presence of 4 plates folded several times, unlike the copies of Yale and Washington University which contain only 1 plate.