Insprugger, Sebastian, Paul Anton Gundl. - Vellus aureum Burgundo-Austriacum sive Augusti & Celeberrimi Ordinis Torquatorum Aurei Velleris Equitum Fidelis & succincta Relatio Historica.Vienna, Wolffgang Schwendimann, 1728. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Royal quarto. Pp. (vi), 112 (2). Plus 12 finely engraved plates, With one figure to the text. Preserving the rare Errata et Corrigenda slip. HARDCOVER, bound in contemporary full calf, gilt spine with raised bands, gilt morocco lettering-piece, marbled endpapers; bit rubbed at extremities and corner-tips, slight cracking at gutter margin after first free endpaper, small piece cut off bottom of blank free endpaper; small wormhole to last plate, only slightly affecting edge of image (see photo), expanding to a larger hole on two adjoining leaves (one is Index) with loss of a few words. In a very good condition, still in first binding, preserved in the original state with ample margins, excellent strikes of the plates. ~ FIRST EDITION. Complete with all the wonderful plates. [Provenance:] With the engraved armorial bookplate of Bibliotheca Seckendorfiana on first paste-down. Later in the private library of C. P. Mulder, renowned collector and international heraldry authority, with his charming armorial bookplate,"Nil Desperandum". For a complete catalogue of Mulder's library, from which we offer a considerable number of items, see: C. P. Mulder: "Catalogue of Works on Orders, Decorations and Medals in the Library of C. P. Mulder" (Rotterdam, 1988). See also: C. P. Mulder & A. A. Purves: "Bibliography of Orders and Decorations" (Copenhagen, 1999). G-3 . EUR 520.00 [Appr.: US$ 558.33 | £UK 439.5 | JP¥ 88276] Book number 9999_02552is offered by:
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