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89 - BARA, Jérôme de - Le Blason des armoiries, avqvel est monstr…
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BARA, Jérôme de - Le Blason des armoiries, avqvel est monstree la maniere que les anciens & modernes ont vsé en icelles. Traicté, contenant plusieurs escus differens, par le moyen desquels on peut discerner les autres, & dresser ou blasonner les armoiries. Paris, Rolet Boutonné, 1628. folio, (6) ff, 197 (2) pp, numerous annotations in contemporary ms, contemporary vellum with flaps. SAFFROY I, 2068. Last early edition. Vignette on title and numerous coats of arms accompanied by abundant handwritten notes to complete the description or suggest other related memberships. One of the most popular treatises on the coat of arms which, since 1572, has gone through six editions. The figures are woodcuts, except for a few in burin, no doubt added. Attributed to Jérôme de Bara, they have been praised for their beauty. The particularity of his Blason des armoiries is that it contains a large number of imaginary coats of arms, such as those of biblical characters: Samson, David, Judas Maccabaeus; but also those of Antiope, Pentheles, Hector of Troy, Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, etc. (Binding after:) SCOHIER, Jean - L'Estat et comportement des armes. Contenant l'institution des armoiries et méthode de dresser des généalogies (...) Idem, 1630. 2 ff, 95 pp, blasons et tabl. généalogiques grav. sur bois dans le texte. SAAFROY I, 2074 -- MOREAU, Philippe - Le Tableau des armoiries de France, auquel sont représentées les origines et raisons des armoiries, hérauts d'armes (...) et marques de Noblesse. Idem, 1630, (4) ff. of which one blank, 70 pp, (1) f., woodcuts. SAFFROY I, 2123. These three works are usually found together.
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About the sale JEAN DEMAUX LIBRARY - DAY 1
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Auction time 06/18/2026 at 2:00 PM
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