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[Heraldry - Golden Fleece] MAURICE, Jean-Baptiste Le blason des armoiries de tous les chevaliers de l'ordre de la Toison d'or depuis la première institution jusques à présent [...]. The Hague, J. Rammazeyn; Brussels, by the Author; Antwerp, L. de Potter, Folio: [incl. front. and engr. pl.]-494-[pp. (some margins, marg. holes or tears strengthened, occ. (damp)stains, some ms. notes or cancels with ms. notes, some printed cancels). Contemp. sprinkled calf, blind coat of arms on front cover, gilt spine with raised bands (rebacked, front joint split, head & tail def., sl. rubbed). Second edition of this rare heraldic work on the Order of the Golden Fleece by the heraldist J.-B. Maurice. Copy with all illustrations nicely hand-coloured: engr. title by Cottin after Erasmus Quellin, 1 pl. showing the heraldic colours and crowns and +/- half-page coats of arms. Complete with the last leaves: "Table des chevaliers par les maisons" (2 pp.), "Table des armoiries, blasonnées" (4 pp.), "Deuxième table des chevaliers" (1 p.), "Deuxième table des armoiries" (1 p.), "Table corrigée" (1 p.), Errata (2 pp.). Enriched with 3 ff. (i.e. pp. (Jean de Trazegnies), (Georges Schenck) and (Philippe-Balthazar de Gand dit Vilain)) from a later edition of the work. Ref. De Ghellinck (1st ed. in & - Brunet III:- STCN. - STCV. Prov. Anne Thérèse Philippine d'Yve (1738-1814), pamphlet writer and participant in the Brabant Revolution of (armorial bookpl.). - Sir William Stirling Maxwell (1818-1878), Scottish art historian and politician, Chancellor of the University of Glasgow (supralibros, armorial bookpl., red engr. booklabel "Emblems Keir" on lower pastedown). - Napoleon III (crowned bookpl.). - Another bookpl. on lower pastedown.