Insignia gentilitia equitum Ordinis Velleris Aurei, fecialium verbis enuntiata [...] Latine et Gallice producta = Le blason des armoiries de tous les cheualiers de l’Ordre de la Toison d’Or, depuis la premiere institution, iusques à present.

CHIFFLET, Jean-Jacques

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Antwerp, Plantin Press (B. Moretus), 1632

4to: [1-1 bl.-1-1 bl., 28]-232-[14-2 bl.] pp. (toned, bottom sl. soiled).

Disbound. Nice copy.

Early heraldic survey of the Order of the Golden Fleece by the Burgundian antiquary Jean-Jacques Chifflet (1588-1660). Engr. Spanish royal arms on title, beautiful full-page allegorical engr. (*2r). Woodcut mark at the end.
Ref. STCV. - Guigard 4908.
Prov. "I. Dielitz", probably the Berlin museum official and heraldic scholar Julius Dielitz (1805-1896) (collector’s stamp).
Joined: Chifflet, Julius - Breviarium historicum inclyti Ordinis Velleris Aurei. Ibidem, 1652. 4to: xij-36-[3-1 bl.]. Disbound. Short survey of the Order’s history by Jean-Jacques’ son Jules Chifflet (1615-1676), from 1648 on chancellor of the Order. Woodcut Spanish royal arms on title. Woodcut mark at the end. Ref. STCV. - Guigard 4913. (2 vol.)