LACROIX, Paul (1806-1884). Military and Religious Life in the Middle Ages and at the Period of the Renaissance. New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1874. 8vo (250 x 166 mm). Numerous chromolithographic plates, numerous in-text illustrations. Original brown morocco, covers with elaborate gilt and black paint border, spine gilt, edges gilt (hinges and extremities very slightly rubbed). FIRST EDITION, with plates after F. Kellerhoven, Rgamey, and L. Allard.