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[HERALDRY] VULSON DE LA COLOMBIERE, Marc (d. 1658). La science heroique, traitant de la noblesse, de l'origine des armes, de leurs blasons, & symboles. Paris: Cramoisy, 1644.
Genuine copy of the first edition of this important, richly illustrated treatise on heraldry, with contemporary colouring. The second part is entirely devoted to the De Rosmadec family.
2 parts in one volume, folio, (320 x 215 mm). Frontispiece, title-page vignette, portrait of the author and arms of De la Colombiere, numerous plates depicting heraldic crowns and arms and in the text of which 10 plates outside text. Second part with allegorical title-page and 8 plates (slightly browned, some staining and foxing, occasional small tears, sometimes trimmed at the margins with loss of part of the engraved plate in the lower margin of leaves 3b, 3g2, gathering 3 p with repairs to the lower margin, allegorical title-page of the second part with folded outer margins and some chipping). Contemporary full leather binding with decorations and gilt title to spine. Provenance: "ex libris Ruescas" (old inscription on the endpapers). (1
2 parts in one volume, folio, (320 x 215 mm). Frontispiece, title-page vignette, portrait of the author and arms of De la Colombiere, numerous plates depicting heraldic crowns and arms and in the text of which 10 plates outside text. Second part with allegorical title-page and 8 plates (slightly browned, some staining and foxing, occasional small tears, sometimes trimmed at the margins with loss of part of the engraved plate in the lower margin of leaves 3b, 3g2, gathering 3 p with repairs to the lower margin, allegorical title-page of the second part with folded outer margins and some chipping). Contemporary full leather binding with decorations and gilt title to spine. Provenance: "ex libris Ruescas" (old inscription on the endpapers). (1
ESTIMATE € 300 - 500
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ALCIATO, Andrea (1492-1550). Emblemata. Padua: Typographia Laurentij Pasquati, 1621.
ALCIATO, Andrea (1492-1550). Emblemata. Padua: Typographia Laurentij Pasquati, 1621.
ESTIMATE € 300 - 500
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BOCCACCIO, Giovanni (1313-1375). The Decameron. Amsterdam: [Elzevier], 1665.
BOCCACCIO, Giovanni (1313-1375). The Decameron. Amsterdam: [Elzevier], 1665.
ESTIMATE € 200 - 300