[GENEALOGY]. BASNAGE DE BEAUVAL (Jacques). HISTORY OF MILITA - Lot 57

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[GENEALOGY]. BASNAGE DE BEAUVAL (Jacques). HISTORY OF MILITA - Lot 57
[GENEALOGY]. BASNAGE DE BEAUVAL (Jacques). HISTORY OF MILITARY ORDERS OR KNIGHTHOODS, of the Secular and Regular Militias of Both Sexes, which have been established to date. Amsterdam, Brunel, 1721. Four volumes in 12mo, marbled fawn sheepskin, decorated ribbed spine, title and volume number labels in havana sheepskin, edges and caps adorned with gilt scrolls, red edges (contemporary binding). Vol. 1: XXXII pp. (including a frontispiece and 1 plate on the verso of the half-title page and page XVI, respectively), 163 pages, (10) pp. of tables—(8) ff., including the title page, 254 pp., 22 pl. - Vol. 2: (2) folios of half-title and title page, 441 pp., (1) p. of errata, 25/28 plates - Vol. 3: (2) folios of half-title and title page, 471 pp., 57/60 plates. - Vol. 4: [MISSING: the (2) folios of half-title and title page], 432/439 pp. [20 pp. of table of contents MISSING], 50/76 plates. Three upper caps restored. FIRST EDITION of this “rare book that recounts the history and chronological succession of the Grand Masters of all orders of chivalry” (Saffroy). One frontispiece, one full-page engraved plate in the text, and 154/186 out-of-text plates depicting figures in costume, crosses, insignia, or decorations, drawn by Bernard Picard and Schoonebeek, engraved by W. Jonkman. The work begins with “L’Histoire des duels” by Basnage de Beauval. ¶ Saffroy, 3750. COPY AS IS, with missing plates and text pages, as described.
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