[Rarebooks] SPANISH MILITARY ORDERS

[Kenneth Karmiole]

Inigo y Miera, Manuel de.  HISTORIA DE LAS ORDENES DE CABALLERIA.  Edicion Illustrata con Magnificas Laminas al Cromo....Madrid: En Todas las Principales Librerias. 1863.  Lg. 4to.  2 volumes.  xxiv, [141]-828,(2); (4),219,(1);55,(3)pp.  Half titles present.  Complete with a total of 14 plates, of which 2 are tinted litho. added titles, and 12 are very fine chromolithographs.  Orig. binding of full mottled calf, spines with red & black morocco labels.  Extremities a bit rubbed, but a beautiful set.
$750
See Palau #121013; All copies begin with p.141, as published.  The final section (55,3pp) of volume 2 is a supplement titled HISTORIA DE LA.....ORDEN DEL SANTO SEPULCHRO, with its own title page.  A very thorough history of Spanish military orders from Spain's past, as well as those still in existence in 1863.  The plates are fine examples of Spanish chromolithography.