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Araldica - Segoing, Charles
Mercure Armorial, Enseignant Les Principes & Elemens Du Blazon Des Armoiries [...], 1652
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€ 300 - 400
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€ 384
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Paris, Francois Clousier, 1652. In 4th. 118 hand-colored heraldic badges originally. missing the first 3 cards including the original title page replaced with manuscript paper and the last card, restorations on the margins of the first 6 cards and a few other cards, pagination errors, work the worms in the internal white margin of some issue that does not interest the text, light browning, rare light halos, contemporary half leather binding with title imprinted in gold on the spine, small gaps in the cap. Ex libris paper of the Count du Pac Bellegarde on the counterplate.
Specialist Notes
Fascinating illustrated treatise on heraldic coats of arms, with 118 shields engraved in wood and decorated by a contemporary hand, published for the first time in 1648.