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CHIFFLET, Jean-Jacques. Insignia gentilitia equitum ordinis velleris aurei...

Antuerpiae [i.e. Antwerp]. Ex officina Plantiniana Balthasaris Moreti, 1632. First edition.
Quarto. [32], 232, [12], 15pp, [1]. Printed in doubles columns, parallel French and Latin text. With a full-page engraving. Later red morocco-backed, cloth-tipped, marbled paper boards. A trifle rubbed. Paper repair to head of title page, small burn hole to leaf Ff4.
The first edition of an early heraldic survey of the Order of the Golden Fleece by the Burgundian antiquary Jean-Jacques Chifflet (1588-1660), providing a list of 378 knights of the order, with the description of their coats of arms.
£ 950.00 Antiquates Ref: 27538