[HELYOT, Pierre]
Histoire des ordres militaires ou des chevaliers, des milices seculieres & regulieres [.] qui ont été établies jusqu'à présent
Amsterdam
Pierre Brunel
1721
4 vol. in-8°, the first volume contains "Histoire des duels" by Jacques Basnage. New edition illustrated with a frontispiece and 184 figures. They represent the costumes of the different male and female orders as well as the decorations. Bound in full calf, spine richly gilt, hinges worn, some missing title pieces
The work was first published in Paris in 1714-1719. Ref. Cohen, 481; Saffroy, I, 3750; Colas 1418