Honneur et Gloire : Les tresors de la collections Spada
Paris: Societe des amis du musee national de la Legion d'honneur et des ordres de chevalerie, 2008. Paperback. Glossy, color-illusl wraps with white lettering on red spine. French flaps. 359 pp. full of color images. VG- clean and tight but with a hint of age toning to page margins. Item #161059
ISBN: 9782901644163
Text in French. A lovely catalogue highlighting the exquisite works in the collection of Antonio Spada. "The Spada collection is not only the world’s largest private collection of official decorations, it is also a unique concentration of insignia selected for their rarity, their beauty, their interest and above all for the prestige of their recipients: sovereigns, marshals, ministers, statesmen and heroes-whether famed or lesser known-of major armed conflicts. The collection magnificently illustrates the diversity and wealth of insignia of a wide variety of orders from the entire world, from the 16th century to the present day. Intent on preserving his life’s work, Antonio Benedetto Spada, who was already a trustee and then first vice-president of the board of the Society of Friends of the Museum of the Legion of
Honor, decided in 2008 to entrust the museum with the temporary loan of his collection for a period of 20 years. The foreign orders room was then renamed after his son who died at a young age, Mario Spada. Thanks to this exceptional loan of some 2500 objects, the Museum of the Legion of Honor is now the world’s leading museum in its field of specialization." - from www.legiondhonneur.fr site.
OCLC: 470596156
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