KNIGHTS OF ST. STEPHEN Statuti e constitutioni... Lot 16
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[KNIGHTS OF ST. STEPHEN] Statuti e constitutioni dell'Ordine de' Cavalieri di Santo Stefano.
Florence: Giunti, 1577 [BOUND WITH:] Declarations of the general chapter MDLXXVIII. Florence: Giunti, 1583.
Rare edition of the statutes of the Knights of St Stephen, an order founded by Cosimo I dei Medici in 1561 to fight the Barbary pirates. The emblem of the order, the red cross on a white field, is here painted in a contemporary hand on the back of the colophon.
4to, (220 x140 mm). Engraved vignette with Medici arms to title-page, engraved initials (a few spots, light browning) wormtrack from ff. A to F2 not touching text. Contemporary full vellum binding. (1)
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