Helyot (Pierre, known in religious circles as Father Hippoly - Lot 332

Helyot (Pierre, known in religious circles as Father Hippolyte). - History of the religious and military orders and of the secular congregations of both sexes that have been established to date. Covering their origins, their founding, their development, the most significant events in their history, the decline and suppression of some, and the expansion of others through the various reforms introduced therein, along with the lives of their founders and reformers, accompanied by illustrations depicting all the various habits of these orders and congregations. Paris, Louis, 1792. New edition... 8 volumes, in-4, bound in full marbled calfskin, spined and decorated, with title labels (red) and volume number labels (green)—12 cap ends worn down, 7 bands chipped or split, 14 corners pierced, covers stripped of skin - The work is illustrated with 811 plates (out of 812), including 805 depicting costumes, 5 order necklaces, and a map of a commandery. An edition not held by the BNF but cited in Saffroy 3741