Author: Dambreville, Et.
Title: Abrégé chronologique de l'histoire des ordres de chevalerie, Depuis l'Ordre de Saint-Jean de Jérusalem ou de Malte, en 1113, jusqu'à l'Ordre Royal de Hollande, en 1807.
Description: Paris, Hacquart, 1807. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. Pp. xxxii, 588. Plus 28 engraved plates with multiple images to each. HARDCOVER, bound in contemporary blonde half calf and matching marbled boards, spine with gilt-tooled raise-bands, gilt morocco lettering-piece at second compartment, remainder compartments richly decorated in blind, cloth ribbon marker; extremities bit rubbed, corner-tips bit chafed. In fine condition. ~ FIRST EDITION. ~ Provenance: From the 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). With an earlier, splendid engraved armorial bookplate belonged to "Coenen", and a minute old stamp of advocate in law, F. Besier. A-3 .

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