Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Ashmole, Elias, The Institution Laws & Ceremonies of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, printed by Maycock, London, 1672, viii, 720pp, appendix and errata 104pp, title page in red and black, frontispiece portrait of Charles II in Garter robes by Sherwin, plus 35 full and double-page plates mostly by Hollar, folio, full light brown morocco and gilt borders, ribbed spine, a.e.g., extremities rubbed, hinges a little cracked, front marbled endpaper to title page loose, good condition, a very rare First Edition of this valuable work £800-1000