Austria, Imperial. The Statutes of the Order of the Iron Crown, c. 1884
(Statuten für den Orden der Eisernen Krone). A well-preserved volume of the Statutes of the Order of the Iron Crown, constructed of a heavy card stock shell with a faux blue leather exterior liner, the cover bearing an embossed and gilded inscription of “STATUTEN FÜR DEN OESTERRECHISCH-KAISERLICHEN ORDEN DER EISERNEN KRONE”, the interior featuring the statutes for the criteria and particulars of the order in both German and Italian, accompanied by addendums in both languages, supplemented by plates featuring etchings of the decorations of the order with imagery of wear recipients in imperial regalia, each separated by a wax paper liner to protect the images, without publishing information but closing with a date of 20 September 1884, measuring 29 cm (w) x 40.5 cm (h), demonstrating some material fatigue of the binding which has partially exposed the spine, in better than very fine condition.

