France. Le theatre d'honneur et de chevalerie ou l'histoire des ordres militaires des Roys, et Princes de la Chrestienté, by André Favyn, c.1620

(Le theatre d'honneur et de chevalerie ou l'histoire des ordres militaires des Roys, et Princes de la Chrestienté, et leur Généalogie: de l'Institution des armes, et blasons; Roys, Heraulds, et Poursuivants d'Armes; Duels; Loustes et Tournois; et de tout ce qui concerne le fait du Chevalier de l'Ordre.). Le theatre d'honneur et de chevalerie ou l'histoire des ordres militaires des Roys, et Princes de la Chrestienté, et leur Généalogie: de l'Institution des armes, et blasons; Roys, Heraulds, et Poursuivants d'Armes; Duels; Loustes et Tournois; et de tout ce qui concerne le fait du Chevalier de l'Ordre (The theater of honor and chivalry, or the history of the military orders of the Roys, and Princes of Christendom, and their Genealogy: of the Institution of Arms, and coats of arms; Roys, Heraulds, and Pursuivants d'Armes; duels; Louste and Tournaments; and everything about the Knight of the Order), by André Favyn, published in Paris in 1620, by Robert Foüet, in hardcover, containing 1,882 pages, measuring 16.5 cm (w) x 23.6 cm (h), presenting evidence of re-binding, fair.

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