Live auction - Lot 1317
[Heraldry]
Den Nederlandtschen herauld, ofte Tractaet van wapenen, en politycken adel.
Amsterdam, J. Janssen (col. Leiden, Willem Christiaens vander Boxe), 1645
Hammer price: €
190
€ 200 / 300
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Lot description
2 parts in 1 vol., folio: [12]-370, [2]-56-[8] pp. (browning).
Contemp. calf, gilt-orn. with raised bands (upper corners rubbed and bumped, lower corners restored, joints splitting, def. at head and tail, lack of leather on lower cover towards tail).
First edition of this treatise on nobility and orders (e.g. St John of Jerusalem) with their coat of arms. Ill. with 8 engr. pl. and 108 woodcuts in-text. Woodcut printer's mark on title. Title in red & black. Printed in Gothic.
ref. STCN. - BnF.