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First German translation of a lavishly illustrated armorial containing the arms of all the European emperors, kings and other rulers, together with an extended general introduction on heraldry View picture(s) 1 BUSSING, Caspar. Einleitung zu der Herolds-Kunst, auff eine bequeme und deutliche Art verfasset, in zwey Theilen. Die Wapen der vornehmsten Staaten und Republiques von gantz Europa gleichsam auff einen Anblick darstellend und in dieser teutschen Ubersetzung mit einem neuen Theil von der Wapen-Kunst insgemein, laut des nohtwendigen Berichtes in der Vorrede, vermehret. Hamburg, (Widow of) Gotfried Schultze, 1694. 3 parts in one vol. 8vo oblong (94 x 154 mm. Contemporary vellum, with title written in ink on spine. With 2 allegorical frontispieces, 5 full-page heraldic plates, 4 of which are glued to blank leaves so that they can be opened outside the text, and 77 half-page heraldic plates in the text, all beautifully coloured by a contemporary hand; woodcut head-pieces. (132) lvs. Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  Genealogy & Heraldry  Germany  Heraldry  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Extremely rare genealogical book on the nobility of Antwerp View picture(s) 2 CHRISTYN, Johannes Baptismo. Senatus populique Antverpiensis. Nobilitas sive septem tribus patriciae Antverpienses. Leiden, Petrus Heghius, 1672. 8vo. Parchment boards, red painted paper leaves pasted on both covers, spine lettered in ink. Engraved frontispiece of a river-god and the virgin of the city of Antwerp with a view of Antwerp in the background, father time flying in the air with four angels and the coat of arms of the seven Antwerp families in his wake, seven engraved half-page coat of arms of the same families, some woodcut tail-pieces and a printer's device on the title. (10), 55 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Genealogy & Heraldry  Heraldry  History  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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A history of money View picture(s) 3 FLIESSBACH, Ferdinand. Münzsammlung enthaltend die wichtigsten seit dem Westphälischen Frieden bis zum Jahre 1800 geprägten Gold- und Silber-Münzen sämmtlicher Länder und Städte. Mit geographischen, geschichtlichen, statistischen, heraldischen und numismatischen Erläuterungen. Leipzig, Ernst Schäfer, 1855. Contemporary half calf. With illustrations of numerous gold and silver coins printed in gold or silver on 120 strong blue plates. (464) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Americana  Europe  Heraldry  Numismatics  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Rare handbooks on heraldry View picture(s) 4 MAIGNE, W. Abrégé méthodique de la science des armoiries suivi d'un glossaire des attributs héraldiques d'un traité élémentaire des ordres de chevalerie et de notions sur les classes nobles, les anoblissements l'origine des noms de famille les preuves de noblesse, les titres, les usurpations et la législation nobilaires. Paris, Garnier Frères, 1860. 8vo. Contemporary red buckram, spine ribbed and gilt, single gilt fillet border on sides. Many woodengraved figures of coats-of-arms in text. VII, 488 (last blank) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: France  French  Heraldry  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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A pictorial who is who of Dutch nobility View picture(s) 5 RIETSTAP, Johannes Baptista. Wapenboek van den Nederlandschen Adel, met genealogische en heraldische aanteekeningen. Groningen, J.B. Wolters, 1883-1887. 2 vols. Large folio. Modern red cloth, with original front covers mounted. With over 600 coats-of-arms of Dutch nobility on 103 chromo-lithographed plates in full colours, including gold and silver. XIV, 239; VI, 334 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 19th Century  Dutch  Heraldry  House of Orange  Nobility  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Best edition of this early manual on heraldry and French noble families by the inventor of indicating colours by hatching View picture(s) 6 VULSON, Marc de. La science heroique, traitant de la noblesse, et de  l'origine des armes; de leurs blasons, & symboles des tymbres, bourlets, couronnes, cimiers, lambrequins, supports & tenans & autres ornements de l'ecu; de la devise & du cry de guerre, de l'ecu pendant & des pas & emprises des anciens chevaliers, des formes différentes de leurs tombeaux; et enfin des marques extérieures de l'ecu de nos Rois, des Reines, enfans de France, & des officiers de la Couronne, & de la Maison du Roy. Seconde Edition, Reveüe, corrigée, & augmentée des Armes de plusieurs illustres Maisons. Paris, Seb. Mabre-Cramoisy, 1669. Folio. Contemporary red morocco, with triple fillet borders on sides, spine richly gilt and lettered in gold, gilt binding edges and inner dentelles, g.e., blue end-papers. With richly engraved allegorical frontispiece by Greg, Huret Jr (1606-1670), large  engraved printer's device by Charles Audran (1594-1674) after Chauveau on title, engraved allegorical portrait of a knight confronting a Cerberus, full-page coat-of-arms of the author, a full-page plate of the hatching table of Vulson, many  engravings, mainly of coat-of-arms, in text, and numerous coat-of-arms and heraldic devices on 130 mostly full-page engraved plates, probably by Bernard Samuel (1615-1687). (12), 540, (20) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  French  Heraldry  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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A short history of Utrecht written during the negotiations for the Treaty of Utrecht in 1712-13, richly embellished with ca. 315 coloured coat-of-arms View picture(s) 7 [FRESCHOT, Casimir]. Histoire abregée de la ville, et province d'Utrecht. Avec une connoissance ébauchée de la noblesse de cette province, & une liste de touts les grands schouts, ou chefs de justice connus autrefois sous le nom de vicontes ou burgraves d'Utrecht. Utrecht, Guillaume Meester, 1713. 8vo. Contemporary blindstamped vellum. With richly engraved allegorical frontispiece by A. Schut, extra added: 2 manuscript coloured armorial  frontispieces with the coats-of-arms of the bishop of Utrecht, and the five chapter churches (1) and the coat-of-arms of the province of Utrecht and the five main cities in the province (2); 41 manuscript and coloured coat-of arms on 35 leaves of 41 bishops of Utrecht in the first part on the history of the bishops of Utrecht, and 37 lvs. with 237 manuscript coloured coats-of-arms of the Utrecht castles, manor houses and nobility (and 4 lvs. with 33 coat-of-arms (6 not executed) in the supplement in manuscript). (16), 264, 64 pp. (pp. 65-71 with the list of 'Baillifs', not present in this copy). Full description >> Related Subjects: Heraldry  History  Netherlands  Nobility  Topography  Utrecht  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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