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63 - [GENEALOGY]. HISTORY OF THE SACRED, ROYAL AND MILITARY ORDER…
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Estimate €200 - €300
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[GENEALOGY]. HISTORY OF THE SACRED, ROYAL AND MILITARY ORDER OF OUR LADY OF MERCY, for the redemption of captives, dedicated to the King. Compiled by the Reverend Fathers of Mercy of the Congregation of Paris. Amiens, Guislain Le Bel, 1685. Folio, brown calfskin, decorated ribbed spine, gilt title, marbled edges (contemporary binding); frontispiece, (5) folios, 998 pages, (14) folios of tables. Binding skilfully restored, gilt on the spine tarnished, slight water stain at the top of the last 6 leaves of the tables. FIRST EDITION of this ‘important and very rare book’ (Saffroy). Dedicated to Louis XIV, this work recounts the history of a mendicant order which was originally a military order founded in the 13th century by Pierre NOLASQUE (1181–1245) to ransom Christians held captive by Moorish pirates and reduced to slavery. BEAUTIFUL FRONTISPICE engraved on copper by F. Ertinger, 2 full-page ENGRAVINGS of religious knights in habit (pp. 48/49), initials, headpieces and coats of arms within the text. ¶ Saffroy, no. 4417: ‘An important and very rare book’.
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