Lot n° 1208

SCOHIER, Jean L'estat et comportement des armes. Livre autant util, que necessaire à tous gentilshommes et officiers d'armes. 1597Brussels,J. Mommaert,folio, cont. vellum (sl. rubbed), flat spine (def.), [11-1 bl.]-88 (=107 )-[1] pp. (large brown...

Estimation : 250 / 350
Adjudication : Invendu
Description
spots on title and A2, prelim. ff. spotting, some dampstaining, sm. wormtrack in upper margins, errors in pagination).
First ed. of this heraldic and genealogical work by Scohier (1530-1609), canon of Berghes. Ill. with 114 woodcut coat-of-arms, num. genealogical trees in text and beautiful head- and tailpieces. Woodcut printer's mark on title. Ref. Saffroy 2072. BT 4310. Machiels S-232. Not in Adams. We join : Menestrier, Claude-François, S.J. - La nouvelle méthode raisonnée du blason, pour l'apprendre d'une manière aisée (...). Lyon, Bruyset, 1734, 12mo, cont. calf (corners sl. bumped), gilt orn. spine (sl. rubbed, def. at head, upper joints sl. splitting). Engr. front. and 31 full-page pl. Bookpl. i.a. comte de Nedonchel. Ref. Saffroy 2204. DBS V 937 n. 127. (2 vol.)
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