Superb first edition, adorned with many woodcuts in the text representing the emblems and coats of arms of the orders -

Rare copy - One of the first works devoted to the Orders of Knighthood, nearly 80 orders are studied with their history, date of foundation, circumstances, etc. There are of course the Templars, the order of St John of Jerusalem, of the St Sepulchre, of St Lazare, of the Round Table, of St Catherine, the Teutonic order, N.D. du Chardon, N.D. du Lis, the Knights of the Star, the Argonauts of St Nicolas, the brothers of Jubilation, etc. - Precious -

Jean Hermant - History of the religions or military orders of the church and the orders of chivalry - Rouen, Jean-Baptiste Besongne - 1698 -
[20]-422-[12] pages -

Binding in good condition, book in its modern leather binding, ornate ribbed spine -

Good interior condition, title page missing, endpapers renewed, waterstaining at the bottom, two first pages restored. Correct condition all the same, pretty bands, beautiful initials, end pieces, very many figures interspersed in the text, marbled flyleaves -

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