SCHOONEBEEK (Adrien). Histoire de tous les ordres militaires ou de chevalerie, contenant leurs institutions, leurs cérémonies, leurs pratiques, leurs principales actions & les vies des Grand-maîtres, avec leurs vêtemens, leurs armes & leurs devises. Amsterdam, Desbordes, Sceperus & Brunel, 1699. Two small volumes in-8 (151 x 95 mm), 21 ff. n. o.c. (including frontispiece), 281 pp. 6 pp. n. o.c. ; 333 pp. 2 ff. n. o.c. Brown marbled calf, spine ribbed and decorated, burgundy title-piece and green tomaison, place and date gilt at foot, gilt roulette framing the covers, double fillet on the edges, inner roulette, gilt edges, edged slipcase (Brugalla-1964). Uncommon French first edition of this work first published in 1697 under the title Historie van alle ridderlyke en krygsorders. The abundant copper-engraved illustrations include 115 full-page plates of military dress, 2 title-frontispieces, 2 title vignettes, a repeated part-title, 11 unnumbered full-page plates (costumes, coats of arms, knighthood ceremonies, genealogy) and 22 half-page vignettes depicting coats of arms or military decorations. Both engraver and printer, Adrien Schoonebeek (1658-1705) was a pupil of Romain de Hooghe. He is notably the author of Histoire des ordres religieux de l'un et de l'autre sexe (1695). Handwritten bookplate "L. Bose" on the titles. Joints slightly rubbed, one quire a little browned in volume I, restorations in the corner of the last leaves of volume II. A fine copy bound by Brugalla in imitation of the 18th century. (Colas, n° 2687; Vinet, n° 2099; Quérard, VIII, p. 545).