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Good complete collection of the heraldry section from Diderot and d'Alembert's Encyclopedia. Complete with all 29 copperplate engravings (one triple folding plate counted as three) and 26 pages of explanatory text.With over 750 heraldic shields comprising:650 examples of heraldic motifs (Pl. I to XII)21 coats of arms of religious ranks, helms of aristocracy (Pl. XIII to XIV)36 coats of arms of kings and rulers of Europe, Russia, Ethiopia, Persia, China, etc. (Pl. XV to XVIII)24 coats of arms of French nobility (Pl. XIX to XX)63 coats of arms within a genealogical tree of the kings of France going back five generations from Louis XVI, beheaded in the French Revolution, to Louis XIII (Triple folding plate, Pl. XXI)12 coats of arms with supporting mermaids, bears, tigers, hounds, gryphons, eagles, etc. (Pl. XXII)95 coats of arms of military and religious orders with their names neatly written in pencil (Pl. XXIII-XXVII)Half leather, spine with five raised bands, gilt fleurs-de-lys, blue cloth title label…
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Blason ou Art Heraldique
by Denis Diderot, Jean-Baptiste le Rond d'Alembert
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Le Tableau des Armoiries de France: Le Blason des Armoiries; l'Estat et Comportement des Armes
by Moreau, Bara, Scohier
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Rare set of three important French 17th century heraldic volumes by Moreau, Bara and Scohier bound together, all in contemporary hand colour. With over 600 woodblocks of heraldic shields or blazons in original hand colour.Three title pages printed in red and black with hand-coloured woodcut vignettes.Le Tableau des Armoiries de FrancePhilippes Moreau, Paris, 1609Title page, 72 pages of text with 10 hand-coloured gold coronets in textLe Blason des ArmoiriesJerome Bara, Paris, 1628Title page, 199 pages of text with 586 hand-coloured woodcuts of escutcheons. With a general description of the elements of heraldry and examples of the coats of arms of historical and fictional characters, including Prester John, Alexander the Great, Knights of the Round Table, figures from Greek and Roman mythology, European kings and aristocracy.L'estat et Comportmente des ArmesJean Scohier, Paris, 1630Title page, 95 pages of text with 112 hand-coloured woodcuts of heraldic shieldsEvidence of repairs to paper damage and…
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