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Araldica - Ginanni, Marco Antonio

The art of blazoning declared for the alphabet, 1756

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€ 250 - 300

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Venice, G. Zerletti, 1756. In 2°. Beautiful frontispiece depicting a tournament, copper-engraved by Pietro Monaco based on a design by A. Barbiani, copperplate vignette on the frontispiece printed in red and black, 35 plates in the text reproducing 881 coats of arms, headers, initials, endpieces and vignettes, all finely copper-engraved, marginal copy, but with a gap in the lower margin of the last 50 cards, without loss of text, and of the back cover, contemporary hardback binding, worn.

Specialist Notes

Splendid volume of notable heraldic importance, as well as a valuable Venetian illustration from the 18th century. Colanieri, 820. Spreti, 1774: "A rare and very useful work for finding, given the simple coat of arms, the name of the family to which it belongs". Morazzoni, p. 233.

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