[SAINT-ESPRIT (Order of the)]. - Lot 80

[SAINT-ESPRIT (Order of the)]. Les Statuts de l'Ordre du St. Esprit estably par Henri III.me du nom Roy de France et de Pologne au mois de décembre l'an M. D. LXXVIII. S. l. [Paris], De l'Imprimerie Royale, 1788. In-4°, red morocco, fine gilt serrated roulettes framing the boards, fleuron with the emblem of the Holy Spirit at the corners, royal coat of arms in the center, ribbed spine decorated with a semis of fleurs-de-lis and alternating heraldic flames, morocco title page, gilt edges (period binding). THIRD edition. One engraved title decorated with the Order's collar, three bands, three culs-de-lampe and one lettrine engraved by Sébastien LE CLERC. A VERY FINE COPY IN A RED MOROCCO BINDING WITH THE ORDER'S EMBLEM. EDITION OF 1788, NOT 1740