LOISY (Pierre de). Etat de l'illustre Confrerie de Saint Geo - Lot 288

LOISY (Pierre de). Etat de l'illustre Confrerie de Saint George, autrement dicte de Rougemont, en la Franche- Comté de Bourgogne [...] et celles de leurs lignes de noblesse, soubs lesquelles ils ont été reçeus en ladite Confrerie. Besançon, Jean Couché, 1663. Small folio. Engraved title, title, [8] ff. including 2 engraved plates, 56 ff. engraved arms with facing text, 23 ff. blank including 7 pp. handwritten concerning coats of arms. Full ivory vellum, visible stitching, "Quatorze" handwritten in ink on upper cover (contemporary binding). "Beautiful engraved plates. Beautiful and extremely rare" (Aligny). Various marks of provenance. Marginal staining to the first 3 engravings, as well as to nos. 46, 53 and 54, all not serious; two cracks to the lower hinge, a few stains to the binding. A good, rare copy in its vellum binding.