Origines equestrium sive Militarium ordinum [...].

8vo: [16]-91-[4] pp.

Contemp. sheep, gilt-orn. spine with raised bands (front joint partly split, corners bumped, shelfmark label on front board).

2nd ed. (1st 1609) of an essay by the Brabant historian Le Mire (1573-1640) on the origins of chivalric military orders, e.g. St. John of Jerusalem, the Teutonic Knights, the Knights Templars, etc. Engr. vignette on title.
Ref. VD17 12:114123W. - Paisey (BL) L-524.
Prov. Sir Thomas Brooke (1830-1908), British baronet, director of the London and North Western Railway (arm. bookpl.). - B. de Meysenbough (ms. entry).