ORDERS OF CHIVALRY. Andrea GUARINI. Origine,... - Lot 268 - Ader

ORDERS OF CHIVALRY. Andrea GUARINI. Origine, e Fondatione di tutte le religioni, e militie di cavallieri con le croci, et segni usati da quelle; erette da prencipi diversi in vari tempi (Vicenza, appresso Dominico Amadio, 1614), with handwritten table and 2 manuscripts added; small in-4 of 31 pages with figures, plus 21 pages small in-4 and 7 pages in-fol. handwritten, blue paperboard (a little used). Enclosed is an engraving, Delineation derer in Europa berühmbtesten Ritter-Orden, with numbered figures. Collection on the orders of knighthood, consisting of a rare print supplemented by two manuscripts. Study of the origin and foundation of all the religious and military orders of knighthood, with their crosses and insignia, established by various princes at various times, by the Reverend Andrea Guarini of the Benaco Riviera, with an epistle dedicated to the illustrious Don Giovanni Andrea Angelo Flavio Comneno, Duke, Prince of Macedonia, Count of Drivasto, Grandmaster of the Constantinian Knights of St. George This print is preceded by a handwritten table. It is followed by a handwritten supplement, from the first half of the 18th century, on several other orders: delle Crociera, Croce stellata, di Livonia, del Giglio, etc. This is followed by a list of the main orders arranged alphabetically by country, Elenco de' principali Ordini Cavallereschi, in tabular form: country, name, year of foundation, founder, observations (until 1834).