Les souverains du monde. Ouvrage qui fait connoitre la généalogie de leurs maisons, l'étenduë & le gouvernement de leurs États, leur religion, leurs revenus, forces, titres, prétentions, armoiries, avec l'origine historique des pièces qui les composent, & le lieu de leur résidence.

The Hague, "au dépens de la Compagnie", 1722-1721

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4 vol., 8vo: [28]-451, [4]-652, [4]-456, [4]-352-[4] pp.; 45 pl. (foxing, occ. marg. stains).

Contemp. speckled calf, gilt orn. spines with raised bands, spr. edges (edges, joints and most heads & tails nicely repaired, front joint partly split and head missing at vol. I). Good copy.

French translation (1st Fr.: 1718) of a German work on heraldry edited by Bressler und Aschenburg (1681-1722), "Die heutigen christlichen Souverainen von Europa". Also attributed to Samuel Heinrich Schmid ("Die durchläuchtige Welt..."). Illustrated with 45 plates, incl. one fold. (with 54 coats of arms) and 136 blazons in-text, all hand-coloured. Vol. 1 & 2 deal with German nobility ("Les princes d'Aremberg" in vol. 2, pp. 1-8), vol. 3 with European nobility and vol. 4 deals predominantly with non European royal houses incl. Japan, China, Turkey and Africa.
Ref. STCN. - Cp. Saffroy 10088-10089. - BnF. - COPAC.
Prov. Mod. armorial bookpl.