THE BOOK OF ORDERS
OF
KNIGHTHOOD
AND
DECORATIONS OF HONOUR
OF ALL NATIONS
COMPRISING AN HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF EACH ORDER,
MILITARY, NAVAL, AND CIVIL, FROM THE EARLIEST TO THE PRESENT TIME, WITH
LISTS OF THE KNIGHTS AND COMPANIONS OF EACH BRIITISH ORDER.
EMBELLISHED WITH
Fac-Simile Coloured Illustrations of the Insignia
OF THE VARIOUS ORDERS.
EDITED BY
SIR BERNARD BURKE
ULSTER KING OF ARMS.
LONDON:
HURST AND BLACKETT, PUBLISHERS,
SUCCESSORS TO HENRY COLBURN,
13, GREAT MARLBOROUGH STREET.
1858.
