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Araldica - Pietrasanta, Silvestro

Tesserae gentilitiae, 1638

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€ 500 - 700

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€ 1.152

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Rome, heirs of Francesco Corbelletti, 1638. In 2 °. Illustrated title page drawn by F. Romanelli and engraved by Friederich Greuter, portrait of Taddeo Barberini engraved by Michel Natalis, 1 panel with Barberini arms and motto, with cherubs and allegorical figures, the volume is illustrated by over 2000 shields, coats of arms and figures engraved on copper, frontispiece, portrait and a3 with a slight marginal gap restored, small woodworm hole in the upper white margin up to P4, light water gore in the upper white corner, back half parchment binding, author, title, place and year publication of manuscripts on the spine with 5 nerves.


Specialist Notes

One of the first and undoubtedly the most important heraldic treatise of the century. XVII, from which the conventional black and white representation system of heraldic enamels still in use is derived.