Several parts in one volume. Paginated consecutively. Royal quarto. Pp. ix, 276. Plus a total of 28 plates, numbered 1-21, comprising of 12 chromolithographic plates printed on glossy card tipped-in, and 16 lithographic plates, mostly folding. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's red full cloth, elaborate gilt decoration on cover, decorative white and gilt lettering to cover and spine, decorative endpapers with various motifs, all edges gilt, cloth inner hinges; spine-ends trifle bumped, vague small traces of paper on first paste-down, minute spot on back cover. In fine condition. A splendid copy. ~ First edition. Extremely rare. From the library of C. P. Mulder, renowned collector and international heraldry authority, with his charming armorial bookplate,"Nil Desperandum". For a complete catalogue of Mulder's library, from which we offer a considerable number of items, see: C. P. Mulder: "Catalogue of Works on Orders, Decorations and Medals in the Library of C. P. Mulder" (Rotterdam, 1988). See also: C. P. Mulder & A. A. Purves: "Bibliography of Orders and Decorations" (Copenhagen, 1999). Also present is an earlier bookplate, beautifully excuted, of John R. Lynch, whose neat signature, dated 1938, is at head of title-page. A most beautiful production.
