Panhard, Félix.
L'Ordre du Saint-Esprit aux XVIIIe et XIXe Siècles. Notes historiques et biographiques sur les membres de cet ordre, Depuis Louis XV jusqu'à Charles X, 1715-1830. Précédé d'un précis historique.
Paris, Dumoulin, 1868. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. Pp. 284. Title-page printed in red and black and with nice engraved vignette. HARDCOVER, bound in quarter calf and marbled boards, spine with gilt-tooled raised bands, gilt lettering direct, trifle rubbed in places; old stamp to title and two other pages. In about fine condition. ~ FIRST EDITION. Rare. Printed in a limited edition of 150 copies only, this is copy number 23, monogrammed by the Author for authenticity. With the Author's signed dedication at head of half-title. [Provenance:] From the library of C. P. Mulder, renowned collector and international heraldry authority, with his charming armorial bookplate,"Nil Desperandum", to first free endpaper. 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). D-2 .
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