Shelfmark
Gk.7.09
Author
Title
Abbrégé méthodique des principes héraldiques, ou Du véritable art du blason. Par le P.C. François Menestrier de la Compagnie de Iesus..
Publication, distribution, etc.
A Lyon, : Chez Benoist Coral, ruë Merciere, à la Victoire., M. DC. LXXIII. [1673]
Physical description
[16] 181, [7] p., [8] leaves of plates : coats of arms ; 15 cm. (8vo)
Note
Includes flowers woodcut on title page; head-pieces; decorated initials.
Note
Signatures: ã⁸ A⁴ (A1 blank, A2 misnumbered A1 etc.) C⁸ D⁴ E⁸ F⁴ G⁸ H⁴ I⁸ K⁴ L⁸ M⁴ N⁸ O⁴ P⁸ Q-R⁴ S².
Provenance
Ex dono label of Joseph Frederick Burrell, dated 1983, on front pastedown.
Provenance
?19th-century ms. note on rear flyleaf: "Jean Bran Son Livre | Septembre".
Binding
?19th-century morocco over mill/pasteboards. Covers decorated with double gilt fillets to form a border, with tools at the corners; gilt dotted roll on board edges; gilt roll on turn-ins. Spine with five raised bands, decorated with gilt fillets, tools, and titling over brown label ("L'art du blason -- Menestrier"). Textblock trimmed and gilted. Endpapers of marbled (pastedowns and facing flyleaves) and undecorated paper; three flyleaves at both ends of the textblock.
Copy-specific note
Ms. notes on front flyleaf.
Copy-specific note
Former ECL shelfmark: DDk.6.5.
Subject
Heraldry France Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Coral, Benoît, 1609? - 1673 or 1674 printer.
Added entry--name
Burrell, Joseph Frederick, 1909 - 1983 former owner.
Added entry--place
France Lyon.
Language code
fre
Identifier
B51396