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Thursday 25 November 2021 e Friday 26 November 2021, 03:00 PM • Rome

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Araldica - Varennes, Marc Gilbert de

Le roy d'armes ou dell'arte de bien former, charger, briser, timbrer, parer, expliquer, et blasonner les Armoiries, 1640

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€ 100 - 200

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€ 128

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Information

Paris, Jean Billaine, 1640. In 2nd. Frontispiece in red and black with copper engraved vignette, woodcut friezes and initials, 1 copper plate engraved on the reverse of 3F4, light browning, slight water gora at the top white margin, coeval full leather binding, back with 6 nerves, title and decorations embossed in gold, restorations, defects. Ex libris on the title page.

Specialist Notes

Second edition of the most important work written by the Jesuit priest Marc Gilbert de Varennes (1591-1660), the first edition is from 1635.