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Auction: 336 - The Numismatic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 1905

The Institution, Laws & Ceremonies of the Order of the Garter. J. Macock for Nathaniel Brooke at the Angel in Cornhill, Near the Royal Exchange. 1672. Folio. Over 700 printed pages. 37 plates. 15 double-page, 22 full page. Impressive protrait of Charles II by William Sherwin. Most of the plates by Wenceslaus Hollar. Calf cover with black gilt title label. First Edition. Moule, Bib. Heraldica, CCL: "This laborious and valuable work is dedicated to the King. It contains a circumstantial account of the rise and progress of the National Order of St. George, drawn up with great perspicuity and order..."

Estimate
$1,500 to $2,500