Methode nouvelle pour apprendre l'art du blason, ou La science des nobles par dialogues. Avec un discours sur les devises, supports, cimiers, lambrequins, & tombeaux. Enrichis des pavillons & des enseignes que chaque nation porte en mer [...].

Sm. 4to: front.-[4]-120 pp.; 52 pl. (on 37 ff.) (light soiling and sm. foxing on title, some light marg. water stains, some pl. sl. browned, a few pencil annotations).

Contemp. marbled calf, gilt-orn. spine, red sp. edges (rubbed, endcaps missing, joints starting to split, corners used).

First edition, ill. with 1 front., 27 pl. of coats of arms, 19 pl. of models of supporters and crests (engr. title incl.), and 6 pl. of navy flags and banners. Title printed in red and black, text in two columns, "Traité des pavillons" (pp. 111-120) in French and Dutch.
Ref. Saffroy 2272 (front. and 36 pl.). - STCN 843995084.