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[Golden Fleece - Antwerp] "Congred[iun]tur fulvo donatu vellere coetus. Auspicio, Rex o magne Philippe, tuo // ianu.". [Antwerp?, 8vo: [ff., pen and brown ink, in French and Dutch, on laid paper, ruled in red, coats of arms and ornaments enhanced with watercolour and gold (soiling and some sl. water stains but mainly marginal, some sl. offsetting of colours, 2 sm. marg. tears restored on last f.). 19th-c. half calf, gilt-orn. spine with raised bands and red title-label "Armorial de la Toison d'Or". Untrimmed. Nice armorial made on the occasion of the 22th chapter of the Order of the Golden Fleece held by King Philip II of Spain in the Cathedral of Our Lady in Antwerp. Contains: title in gold on a blue background in a richly ornated cartouche with the emblem of the Golden Fleece (verso: introductory text in Dutch),- full-page ill. (caption on verso, in French except for the collar) figuring the collar of the Order and the large coats of arms of members (several of whom are recorded as deceased: "trespassé"): Ferdinand II Archduke of Austria, Henry VIII King of England ("trespassé"), François I King of France (idem), Philippe III de Croÿ (a later hand has noted the date of his death in 1595), counts of Egmont, Boussu, Lalaing, Ligne, Arenberg, etc.,- at the end 2 full-page cartouches with text in gold almost erased. Enriched with: 5 pp. with large painted coat of arms of John IV Duke of Brabant and various texts in Dutch,- 3 woodcuts: portrait (folding) of Philip the Good Duke of Burgundy (ms. caption), "Carta d[e]l p[ri]ncipe n[uest]ro Señor" with large coat of arms on recto and text on verso (marg. missing restored without loss), coat of arms of the City of Antwerp enhanced with watercolour (on both faces, cut and mounted on paper to be put in the format,- 2 sm. ms. ff. (loose) with various contemp. annotations.