Statuts de l’Ordre de St Michel, 1725

Statuts de l’Ordre de St Michel. Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1725 (Order of St Michel Statuts. Paris, Royal Printing)

One in-4 quarto volume calf skin, triple gilt threading framing the boards, gilt coat of arms in center, decorated ribbed spine, double gilt threading along inner edges, gilt frieze on board ends, all edges gilt (binding of the era)
One engraved title page and two plates outside text
Example with wide margins

Binding flaws: abrasions by zones but not damaging; one mouldy upper corner; stains (?) or irregular dying.
Interior flaws: few page groups are not uniformly bound

Provenance :