Bibliotheca Brookeriana: A Renaissance Library Part VII

Bibliotheca Brookeriana: A Renaissance Library Part VII

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Ordre du Saint-Esprit, Le livre des statuts, [Paris, c. 1578], Parisian brown morocco gilt by the Ève Bindery with arms of Henri III

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ORDRE DU SAINT-ESPRIT. Le livre des statuts et ordonnances de l'ordre du benoist sainct esprit. [Paris: no publisher, c. 1578]


A CONTEMPORARY FRENCH BINDING BY THE ÈVE BINDERY WITH THE ARMS OF HENRI III.


In December 1578, Henri III created a new order of knighthood to unite the most powerful houses of his kingdom, and to unite the main Catholic during the Wars of Religion. The order was dedicated to the "blessed Holy Spirit", in memory of Henri’s accession to the thrones of Poland (in 1573) and France (in 1574) on the day of Pentecost; it became the most illustrious order of the French monarchy, comprising one hundred members who had to demonstrate three degrees of nobility.


This binding is likely the work of Nicolas Ève, his widow, or his son Clovis.

4to (240 x 170 mm). Roman type: 29 lines plus headline. collation: A4 a2 B–H4 (final leaf blank): 34 leaves. Woodcut arms of Henri III on title, ruled in red throughout, 3pp contemporary manuscript “Profession de foy” at beginning. (Some very light marginal spotting.)


binding: Contemporary brown French morocco (243 x 176 mm) by the Ève bindery with tools executed by Philippe Damphrie, Graveur général des monnaies du Roy, in centre of upper cover gilt arms of Henri III as King of France and Poland within collar of Saint Esprit (lower cover has arms of France only), on four sides a gilt oval containing the Holy Ghost, and at corners the crowned monogram of Henri III and Louise de Lorraine, flat spine with a semé of gilt fleurs-de-lys, edges gilt.


provenance: A member of the Order of Saint Esprit, 3pp. manuscript "Profession de foy" before printed text—Comte René Marie Hector de Galard de Béarn (1862–1919), armorial bookplate, sale, Henri Baudoin & Lucien Gougy, Paris, pt. 3, 25-26 April 1921, lot 269, to Librairie Théophile Belin, Paris. acquisition: Purchased in 2011 from Librairie Benoît Forgeot, Paris. references: Van Praet, Bibliotheque du Roi, Vol. 5, p. 123 and Vol. 6, p. 146; USTC 49745

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