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[Heraldry]. The Armorial in which is summarily included all that depends on the science of the coat of arms. Divided into four parts. With the figures necessary for the understanding of the book. Dedicated to Monsieur le Mareschal de Bassompierre. Paris, Pierre Billaine, 1638. In-4, [4] ff. (allegorical title-frontispice, title, dedication, to the reader), [91] pp. miscalculated 68 (numbering errors), 93 figures in the text, soft vellum, smooth mute spine (contemporary binding). Dirty boards. The only edition of this very rare work, which remained anonymous, provides an excellent introduction to the basic notions of 17th century heraldry. (Saffroy I, 2132. Guigard, Bibliothèque héraldique, 33.) Copy of the library of the Château de Beaulieu, with an armorial bookplate on the first endpapers.
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[Heraldry]. The Armorial in which is summarily included all that depends on the science of the coat of arms. Divided into four parts. With the figures necessary for the understanding of the book. Dedicated to Monsieur le Mareschal de Bassompierre. Paris, Pierre Billaine, 1638. In-4, [4] ff. (allegorical title-frontispice, title, dedication, to the reader), [91] pp. miscalculated 68 (numbering errors), 93 figures in the text, soft vellum, smooth mute spine (contemporary binding). Dirty boards. The only edition of this very rare work, which remained anonymous, provides an excellent introduction to the basic notions of 17th century heraldry. (Saffroy I, 2132. Guigard, Bibliothèque héraldique, 33.) Copy of the library of the Château de Beaulieu, with an armorial bookplate on the first endpapers.
