Live auction - Lot 1278

[Nobility - Low Countries]

3 ordinances or "placards" relating to nobility in the Low Countries.

Brussels, various publishers, 17th-18th c


Hammer price: € 220

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Lot description

3 vol., sm. 4to (some foxing, 1 leaf restored without loss).

Bradel limp vellum gilt orn. "à la Du Seuil" by De Samblanx-Weckesser (1 vol. signed), gilt title on upper boards, a.e.g. (1 vol.) (some worm work on endpapers).

1. Edict et ordonnance par forme d'esclaircissement & ampliation, faicte & décrétée par les archiducqz [...] touchant le port des armoiries, tymbres, tiltres, & autres marques d'honneur & de noblesse. H. Antoine, 1616. [16] pp. (some contemp. underlining). - 2. Placcaet ende ordonnantie raeckende de herauten ende andere officieren van wapenen [...]. H.A. Velpius, 1652. This "placard" is followed with the re-publication, by order of Philip V, of the Archduke's edict of 1616. - 3. Placcart en forme d'édit perpétuel, donnant permission aux nobles de negotier en gros, tant par mer, que par terre, sans déroger à l'état de noblesse. G. Fricx, 1736. [2]-9 pp. Woodcut coats of arms on titles.
Ref. UniCat.
Prov. Albert-Philippe viscount of Vaernewyck (1762-1841), Lawyer at the Grand Council of Mechelen (armorial bookpl. by F. Heylbroeck).
Joined, same place of printing and topic: Recueil chronologique de tous les placcarts, édits et ordonnances [...] concernant les titres & marques d'honneur ou de noblesse [from 1768 to 1779]. En françois et en flamand. J. Ermens, 1780. Sm. 4to: 20 pp. (contemp. ms. addendum on a glued note). 19th-c. three-quarter calf, flat spine, brown title-label. Prov. De Ghellinck d'Elseghem Vaernewyck (arm. bookpl. lithogr. by N. Heins at Ghent). (4 vol.)

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Lot 1278

3 ordinances or "placards" relating to nobility in the Low Countries.

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