[ORDRE du SAINT-ESPRIT]. Les Statuts de l'Ordre du St Esprit - Lot 95

[ORDRE du SAINT-ESPRIT]. Les Statuts de l'Ordre du St Esprit estably par Henri IIIme du nom Roy de France et de Pologne au mois de décembre l'an M. D. LXXVIII. S. l. [Paris], De l'Imprimerie royale, 1703. In-4°, red morocco, fine gilt roulette framing the covers, large fleuron with lily and dove at the corners, coat of arms in the center, ribbed spine decorated with lilies and flames, gilt edges (period binding). Definitive edition of 1703, augmented by "Addition aux statuts [...]", on which all subsequent editions will be copied. Title adorned with the collar of the Order of the Holy Spirit; two vignettes, two headbands, three lettrines and four culs de lampe, all engraved by Sébastien Le CLERC. Regulated copy. A VERY GOOD RED LEATHER CASE WITH THE ROYAL ARMS OF LOUIS XIV AND THE EMBLEM OF THE ORDER. Gruel, I, 164 & II, 80; Thoinan, 397; Ramsden, 206. Brunet V, 522.