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[EMBLEMS]. [VERIEN (Nicolas)]. A COLLECTION OF COATS OF ARMS…
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48
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[EMBLEMS]. [VERIEN (Nicolas)]. A COLLECTION OF COATS OF ARMS…
See original version (French)
Estimate €100 - €150
Voluntary lot
Description
[EMBLEMS]. [VERIEN (Nicolas)]. A COLLECTION OF COATS OF ARMS, MOTTOES, MEDALS AND HIEROGLYPHIC FIGURES, numbering over twelve hundred, with their explanations: accompanied by over two thousand simple, double and triple ornate figures: in a novel and highly intriguing manner for every conceivable name: together with the supporters, bases, and crests used to adorn coats of arms: this work, which is enriched with two hundred and fifty intaglio plates, is very useful to engravers, painters, sculptors, goldsmiths, embroiderers, locksmiths, and all those who work in the field of design. [Paris, Jombert, 1724]. Three parts in one in-8 volume in marbled fawn sheepskin, decorated ribbed spine, title label in garnet morocco, edges speckled red (contemporary binding). Part 1: [MISSING: the frontispiece portrait and the first 3 folios containing the general title, subtitle, one full-page allegorical engraving and a dedication to the Dauphin], 62 pp. (including title page) and 62 plates, 16 pp. of tables - Part 2: (1) title leaf, 153 pp. of plates, 24 pp. of tables - Part 3: (1) table leaf, 14/17 pp. of plates [the last 3 pages are missing]. Restoration to the binding; light foxing; water stains on the lower margin, slightly affecting the engravings on the 14 plates in the final part. Handwritten bookplate ‘Louis Coste – 1840’ at the top of the first title page, followed by an inked ‘Bregeon’ bookplate stamp on the first blank leaf. THIRD EDITION of this VERY RARE WORK OF EMBLEMS in 3 parts. Unfortunately INCOMPLETE at the beginning and end, as described in the collation of the work. AS IS.
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