Lot 645

G. Eichler, Abbildungen und Beschreibung aller hoher ... Ritter-Orden. 2nd Ed. Augsburg 1793.

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€ 200
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€ 140
Lot: 645
Category: History, cultural history and miscellaneous
Abbildungen und Beschreibungen aller hoher Geistlichen, Weltlichen, und Frauenzimmer Ritter-Orden in Europa. Zweyte Auflage. Augsburg: C. F. Bürglen 1793. 17,3 x 10,7 cm. With a copperplate title page and a further XLIX copperplate plates. 3 leaves, 144 pages, 2 leaves. Modern paperback.

(The plates are slightly faint in print. Minimal brown spotting.)

VD18 10604065; Lipperheide, 29th – 2nd unchanged edition of the 1792 reprint, expanded by four orders of knighthood compared with the first edition of 1756. The copperplate engravings, based on works by G. Eichler the Younger, were engraved by Jacob Andreas Fridrich the Younger.