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ORDER OF THE GOLDEN FLEECE -- Les Ordonnances de l'Ordre de la Toison d'Or, [Antwerp: Plantin, ca. 1599]. 4°, PRINTED ON VELLUM, collation: *4(-blank *1)**4 A-K4 L2, 2 engraved plates by Cornelis Galle showing the arms of the Dukes of Burgundy and Spain and the collar of the Golden Fleece, 2 woodcut tailpieces and 3 ornamental initials (light marginal dampstain to first leaf).
Privilèges de l'ordre de la Toison d'Or, [n.p., n.d., 1629]. 4°, collation: A-H4 A4 A2.
Both 4° (253 x 185mm. and 198 x 154mm.), uniform 17th-century sheep-backed vellum, vellum lettering-pieces on spines.
Provenance: Jean-François Désiré, Prince of Nassau (1627-1699), inscription on front paste-downs of both volumes: "Jean-François Désiré, prince de Nassau, Chevalier de l'ordre de la toison d'or, gouverneur et capitaine générale des Duchez de Gueldre et Limbourg, mourut l'an 1699 le 17 décembre à Ruremonde", followed by an ownership inscription (in a different hand) of the Princess Dowager of Nassau; William Salloch (sale Christie's New York, 1 June 1991, lot 172).
A fine copy printed on vellum, one of the three undated editions printed by Plantin. The most prestigious chivalric order, the Order of the Golden Fleece was founded in 1429 by Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, to commemorate his marriage to Isabella of Portugal. The knights vowed to join their sovereign in the defence of the Catholic faith, the protection of the Holy Church, and the upholding of virtue and good morals. This copy was owned by Jean-François Désiré, a contemporary knight of the Order. His forebear, Engelbert, had also been a knight of the Order, having been elected in 1473. Brunet IV, 211; Van Praet Roi V, 158. (2)
Privilèges de l'ordre de la Toison d'Or, [n.p., n.d., 1629]. 4°, collation: A-H
Both 4° (253 x 185mm. and 198 x 154mm.), uniform 17th-century sheep-backed vellum, vellum lettering-pieces on spines.
Provenance: Jean-François Désiré, Prince of Nassau (1627-1699), inscription on front paste-downs of both volumes: "Jean-François Désiré, prince de Nassau, Chevalier de l'ordre de la toison d'or, gouverneur et capitaine générale des Duchez de Gueldre et Limbourg, mourut l'an 1699 le 17 décembre à Ruremonde", followed by an ownership inscription (in a different hand) of the Princess Dowager of Nassau; William Salloch (sale Christie's New York, 1 June 1991, lot 172).
A fine copy printed on vellum, one of the three undated editions printed by Plantin. The most prestigious chivalric order, the Order of the Golden Fleece was founded in 1429 by Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, to commemorate his marriage to Isabella of Portugal. The knights vowed to join their sovereign in the defence of the Catholic faith, the protection of the Holy Church, and the upholding of virtue and good morals. This copy was owned by Jean-François Désiré, a contemporary knight of the Order. His forebear, Engelbert, had also been a knight of the Order, having been elected in 1473. Brunet IV, 211; Van Praet Roi V, 158. (2)
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