Lot no. 216
[SAINT-ESPRIT - POULLAIN DE SAINT-FOIX (GERMAIN FRANÇOIS)]. Catalogue of the Knights, Commanders and Officers of the Order du Saint-Esprit, avec leurs Noms ; Qualités, depuis l'Institution jusqu'à présent. S. l. [Paris], De l'Imprimerie de Christophe - Jean-François Ballard, 1760. 1760, large folio volume, calf, triple gilt fillet framing the covers, emblems of the Order at the corners and centre, spine ribbed and decorated with the Holy Spirit, gilt edges (period binding). A frontispiece after François BOUCHER, vignettes, bands and numerous coats of arms in the text. Accidents. "A work of great typographical luxury" (Saffroy, I, 4919).
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