[Bindings - Royal Binding by Tiger]

4to (11 x 7 7/8 in.; 280 x 200 mm). Engraved title, 5 engraved head-pieces (some signed by S. le Clerc), 4 engraved tail-pieces, and 3 engraved initials of varying sizes; some light marginal spotting. 18th-century red morocco, gilt cornerpieces incorporating the dove of the Holy Spirit in a Rococo aureole, central gilt arms of Louis XV (Olivier 2494.12), the spine in 6 compartments of which 5 semé with fleur-de-lys and Pentecostal flames and one lettered, gilt floral endpapers; edges gilt, small tear at foot of spine, extremities rubbed, a few minor light scrapes on covers. Modern slipcase.

Henri V, Duc de Bordeaux, Comte de Chambord (printed label inserted by Maggs) — Don Jaime de Bourbon, Duc de Madrid, at Frohsdorff (stamp in upper margin of title and lower margin page 125) — Linda L. Beinecke (gold-stamped leather bookplate, sold to her by Maggs with TLS laid in)

some light marginal spotting. 18th-century red morocco, gilt cornerpieces incorporating the dove of the Holy Spirit in a Rococo aureole, central gilt arms of Louis XV (Olivier 2494.12), the spine in 6 compartments of which 5 semé with fleur-de-lys and Pentecostal flames and one lettered, gilt floral endpapers. edges gilt, in a modern maroon slipcase; small tear at foot of spine, extremities rubbed, a few minor light scrapes on covers.
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Luxury edition, printed on thick paper, of the book of statutes of the most prestigious chivalric order under the Ancien Regime. The beautiful official binding is decorated with stamps created for the edition of 1703, representing the emblems of the order and the royal arms. These stamps were used in subsequent editions to 1788. The Tiger workshop was, along with Du Seuil, one of the two royal binders in charge of these editions.