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The Institution, Laws, & Ceremonies of the Most Noble Order of the Garter

Illustrated by: Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian (active in Germany, Netherlands, England), 1607–1677)
Portrait(s) designed by: William Sherwin (English, about 1645–1711)
Author: Elias Ashmole (English, 1617–1692)
Printer: John Macock (English, 17th century)
Publisher: Nathaniel Brooke (English, 17th century)
1672
Place of Publication: London, England

Medium/Technique Illustrated book with 50 etchings and one engraving
Dimensions Overall: 36.5 x 24.1 x 5.7 cm (14 3/8 x 9 1/2 x 2 1/4 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Arthur and Charlotte Vershbow
Accession Number1993.1014
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books
London: John Macock for Nathaniel Brooke, 1672

Catalogue Raisonné Brunet I, 524; Wing A3983; Hofer, Baroque Book Illustration, 14; Pennington, Hollar, 464, 578-84, 1072-75, 1077-80, 1082-84, 1986, 2416-17, 2424-28, 2468, 2589, 2603-12, 2614-16, 2619-20, 2638-42, 2700
Description(London: John Macock for Nathaniel Brooke, 1672) Folio; 420 leaves, plus plates [numerous errors in pagination]; eighteenth[?]-century gilt-stamped brown morocco

Frontispiece portrait of Charles II in the robes of the Order of the Garter, illustrations of Windsor Castle and Order of the Garter regalia, plus a fireworks display in Stockholm (after p. 424).
ProvenanceCharles Whibley; Arthur and Charlotte Vershbow; 1993, gift of Arthur and Charlotte Vershbow to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 26, 1994)