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[Religious orders - engravings] - Histoire du clergé seculier et regulier. Des congregations de c...

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[Religious orders - engravings] - Histoire du clergé seculier et regulier. Des congregations de c...
[Religious orders - engravings] - Histoire du clergé seculier et regulier. Des congregations de chanoines & de clercs, & des ordres religieux de l'un & de l'autre sexe, qui ont été établis jusques à présent (...). Avec des figures qui representent les differens habillemens (...) [new ed.]. Amsterdam, Pierre Brunel, 1716, 4 vols., 8vo, contemp. sheep over boards (slightly rubbed, minor defects), covers with gilt double ruled borders and central armorial ornament, elaborately gilt spine, silk markers, XIX-[1]-438, 450-[2], 446-[2], 474-[2] pp. Very good set. € 800/1200 Extensively illustrated survey of Christian religious orders and their habits, based on works by H. Schoonebeek and Ph. Buonanni s.j. (1638-1725), with lists of popes (until Clemens XI). Engr. frontispieces by B. Picart and H. Schoonebeek, 440 full-page engr. plates (89, 88, 149, 114). Titles printed in red and black. Ref. STCN (3). BL London (1). NUC (4). Not in Conlon, Siècle des Lumières.