Gk.4.03(01)
Insignium theoria seu Operis heraldici pars generalis, quae circa insignia, horum originem, scuta eorumque partitiones, metalla, colores, figuras, galeas, apices, aliasque scutorum appendices et consectaria studioso historiarum et vitae civilis nosse proficuum visum est, ex disciplina fecialium & moribus receptis exhibens autore Philippo Jacobo Spenero D..
Francofurti ad Moenum, : Sumptibus Joannis Davidis Zunneri,, anno MDCXC. [1690]
[12], 368, [70] p., 23 leaves of plates : ill., coats of arms ; 35 cm. (Fol.)
Title page printed in red and black.
Includes engraved printer's device; head- and tail-pieces; decorated initials.
The engraving preceding the title page is signed "Ludwig Christoph Glotsch scu. / Samuel Bottschild inv. et deline:".
Issued with another work, shelfmark Gk.4.03(02): "Historia insignium illustrium seu operis heraldici pars specialis".
Ex dono label of Joseph Frederick Burrell, dated 1983, on front pastedown.
?18th-century speckled dark brown calfskin over pasteboards. Covers undecorated. Spine with six raised bands, decorated with gilt fillets, tools, and titling over red label ("Speneri opus heraldicum"). Textblock trimmed and sprinkled red and ?green. Endpapers of undecorated paper; two flyleaves at both ends of the textblock.
Former ECL shelfmark: DDl.1.10.
Heraldry Germany Early works to 1800.
Glotsch, Ludwig Christoph, ? - -1719 engraver.
Bottschild, Samuel, 1641 - 1706 illustrator.
Burrell, Joseph Frederick, 1909 - 1983 former owner.
Germany Frankfurt am Main.
lat
B51333