Property of the Trustees of the Sandys Trust removed from Ombersley Court, Worcestershire
Buonanni, Ordinum equestrium et militarium catalogus, Rome, 1711, contemporary calf
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June 11, 02:50 PM GMT
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1,500 - 2,000 GBP
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BUONANNI, FILIPPO
Ordinum equestrium et militarium catalogus in imaginibus expositus & cum breve narratione... Catalogo degli ordini equestri e militari. Rome: Giorgio Placho, 1711
4to (232 x 170mm.), engraved frontispiece, parallel text in Latin and Italian, 143 engraved costume plates and 23 engraved plates of emblems, ALL WITH CONTEMPORARY HAND-COLOURING (except one), contemporary English panelled calf, slight offsetting on last 2 plates, rebacked
A fine set of plates depicting the religious and military orders from across Europe, from Portugal to Sweden to Hungary, including an Ottoman, a Peruvian and a Floridan native.