Online auction - Lot 163
Online auction - Lot 163
[Heraldry - Golden Fleece]
[Armorial des chevaliers de la Toison d'Or, des lignages, des ducs, princes, marquis, comtes, barons, chevaliers, et nobles des Pays-Bas autrichiens et dédié à Marie-Élisabeth d'Autriche.
Brussels, Harrewijn, 1738]
Starting bid: €
100
Hammer price: €
175
€ 200 / 300
Bidding via DrouotLot description
Folio: 9 pl. (some marginal spotting, sm. lack of paper without loss and sm. marg. stain on 1 pl., ms. title on the top margin of pl. 1).
19th-c. half grey cloth, marbled paper boards, ms. title-label (sm. def.).
Rare set of 9 full-page engravings by F. Harrewijn (complete) : front. depicting Charles VI on his throne with his coat of arms, below 5 arms of the Knights of the Golden Fleece (i.a. Prince de Ligne, Duke of Arenberg, Thurn und Taxis); portrait of Maria-Elisabeth of Austria with her coat of arms and those of 7 families of Louvain, Brussels and Antwerp; and 7 pl. depicting 415 coat of arms.
Ref. De Ghellinck 1414. - De Brouwere, J.G., "Un armorial gravé en 1738", in Recueil de l'Office généalogique et héraldique de Belgique, III:95-106. - Not in Saffroy.
Prov. Baron Eugène de Thysebaert (1799-1873) (bookpl.).