CHRISTYN, Jean-Baptiste

Jurisprudentia heroïca sive De jure Belgarum circa nobilitatem & insigna Bruxelles François Foppens 1689 2 parts in 1 vol. in-f°, [16] + 586 + [29 + 1 bl.], [6] + 1-96 + [2] + pp. 97-174 + [7 + 1 bl, illustrated with an allegorical frontispiece engraved by P. Danoot after Erasmus Quellin, a woodcut vignette on the title page, numerous coats of arms, seals and coats of arms engraved in the text, a full-page engraving showing the heraldic colors, 17 (out of 18) double-page genealogical tables, 5 full-page portraits of dignitaries in the costume of their order, numerous repeated bands and caps. Title printed in red and black, text printed on 2 col. Errors of pagination. Bound in full calf, spine with 5 nerves, with gilt compartments The original edition dates from 1668. On the Belgian nobility, its history and legislation. Ref. Brunet III, 602. Saffroy I, 8286. de Ghellinck n° 313 "Master work on the subject" Ex libris Ph. Kervyn de Volkaersbeke