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[GENEALOGY]. GAUTIER DE SIBERT (Pierre-Edme).
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[GENEALOGY]. GAUTIER DE SIBERT (Pierre-Edme).
See original version (French)
Estimate €300 - €400
Voluntary lot
Description
[GENEALOGY]. GAUTIER DE SIBERT (Pierre-Edme). HISTORY OF THE ROYAL, HOSPITALER-MILITARY ORDERS OF OUR LADY OF MOUNT CARMEL AND OF SAINT LAZARUS OF JERUSALEM. Paris, Royal Printing Office, 1772. In-4, speckled fawn calfskin, decorated ribbed spine, havana morocco title label, gold-threaded edges, red edges (contemporary binding). Restorations to the caps, jaws and corners. Ex-libris stamp in ink in the margin of the title page: ‘Archives et bibliothèque de Bregeon’. FIRST EDITION of the finest book on the Order of Saint Lazarus. It includes a FRONTISPICE by Eisen, engraved by de Ghendt; a TITLE VIGNETTE by de Sève, engraved by Patas; a PORTRAIT of the Count of Provence, engraved by E. Voysard after Michel Vanloo; 4 ILLUSTRATED PLATES by Eisen, engraved by C. Baquoy and de Longueil (including a view of the Maison de Boigny prior to its restoration), 5 CHAPTER HEADINGS by Eisen, engraved by N. de Launay, de Longueil and Massard, and 4 large ILLUSTRATIONS at the end of the volume by Eisen, engraved by C. Baquoy. One of the vignettes features a portrait of the Dauphin. ¶ Saffroy, I, no. 4491, which erroneously states there are 4 chapter heads: ‘THIS VERY BEAUTIFUL BOOK, published in a luxurious edition at the Order’s expense, is the best-known work on the Order of Saint Lazarus. The author drew his sources from a collection that remained in manuscript form, which Guénégaud had compiled with a view to reviving this Order.” – Cohen, 427.
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