The Conventual Church of the Knights of Malta: Splendour, History, and Art of St John's Co-Cathedral, Valletta by Cynthia de Giorgio Midsea Books Ltd, Valletta, Malta 2010 1st ed with photography by Joe P. Borg & Daniel Cilia, 144pp., text generally in decent order albeit with very slight browning to pages, slight creasing to the bottom corners of the early pages & slight creasing & a tiny tear to the right hand edge of the last page, slight marking & creasing to the front & rear end papers & slight creasing to the half-title & title pages, very slight rubbing & staining to the page extremities at the very bottom, spine very slightly cocked & rear board just the tiniest bit warped, bumping & rubbing to the front bottom right hand/rear bottom left hand corners, to the bottom & sides of boards, to the top & bottom of the spine & adjacent corners, small patch of scuffing (+ very slight loss) to the top of the spine, some bumping to the spine edges on front & rear, elsewhere some bumping & marking to both boards & spine, the dust jacket has very slight internal browning, creasing to the bottom left hand corner of the inside front blurb & some rubbing & creasing to the top & bottom of the inside rear blurb, externally the jacket is a bit rubbed & creased at top & bottom with scuffing to the corners (most noticeably to the rear top left hand corner with a tiny tear & very slight loss) & to the top & bottom of the spine, some creasing to the front left hand/rear right hand sides, both covers & spine have many marks, scratches & indentations. St John's Co-Cathedral (Maltese: Kon-Katidral ta' San Ġwann) is a Catholic co-cathedral in Valletta, Malta, dedicated to Saint John the Baptist. It was built by the Order of St. John between 1573 and 1578, having been commissioned by Grand Master Jean de la Cassière as the Conventual Church of Saint John (Maltese: Knisja Konventwali ta' San Ġwann). The church was designed by the Maltese architect Girolamo Cassar, who designed several of the more prominent buildings in Valletta. In the 17th Century, its interior was redecorated in the Baroque style by Mattia Preti and other artists. The interior of the church is considered to be one of the finest examples of high Baroque architecture in Europe. Will ship by Royal Mail 2nd Class Signed for, well packaged. (p/chen)