- ARMORIAL - The Armorial in which is summarily... Lot 29

- ARMORIAL] - The Armorial in which is summarily included all that depends on the science of blazon. 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. n. ch. (allegorical title-frontispice, title, dedication, to the reader), [91] pp. wrongly numbered 68 as a result of several numbering errors, with 93 figures in the text, soft vellum, smooth mute spine. Bound in contemporary style (boards soiled). The only edition of this very rare work, whose anonymity could not be ascertained; it offers an excellent introduction to the basic notions of 17th century heraldry. Saffroy I, 2132. Guigard, Bibliothèque héraldique, 33. Ex. of the library of the château de Beaulieu, with armorial bookplate.