Bidspirit auction | Presidência da República - Chancelaria

Presidência da República - Chancelaria das Ordens. Lisboa - Anuário das Ordens Honoríficas Portuguesas - Presidência da República - Chancelaria das Ordens. Lisboa, 1970. Published in 1970 in Lisbon by the Chancellery of the Portuguese Honorary Orders, an official body under the direct authority of the Presidency of the Republic, this impressive volume of the ”Yearbook of the Portuguese Honorary Orders” constitutes the definitive institutional and historical reference document for the registration, administration, and memory of national decorations. The work, in quarto format (25x19 cm) with 639 numbered pages followed by four pages of general index, is presented in its paperback edition with the original light grey cardboard cover printed in black and red, and is in very good condition, with an intact spine and perfectly clean, robust, and defect-free text block. Being an official edition with a limited print run and a purely institutional character, originally distributed exclusively to State bodies, diplomatic representations and full members of the Orders, this copy assumes an exceptional pedigree of ownership that confirms the provenance from the important private library that characterizes this collection, bearing on the middle title page the handwritten ownership signature in black ink of the illustrious collector Valdemar Cordeiro, which consecrates this piece as a phaleristic item of high documentary, historical and bibliographical interest for any catalog or specialized collection.