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The work has been repeatedly republished due to its ease of use and accuracy.
CONTENTS
Treatise on the practice of coats of arms intended for those wishing to delve further into the mysteries of these signs of nobility. This book is written in the form of a dialogue between a teacher and his student who wishes to discover heraldry: 'The new reasoned method of the coat of arms, to learn it easily; reduced in lessons, for requests and for answers'.
CONDITION REPORT
pp. (12), 298, (26). Leather binding. Five-ribbed spine in relief decorated with gilt squares and flowers, as well as title tag in blond sheepskin. All edges marbled and burnished. Head cap rubbed, tail cap missing with damage to spine, corners rounded off. Widespread foxing. Very porous paper. Ex libris label on the front pastedown and label with bibliographical notes. Other handwritten Ex libris on the title page. Title page with title in red and black with engraved publisher's brand. New illustrated edition: intaglio plate on the frontispiece of the title page and 32 plates (different figures of coats of arms) as well as many coats of arms in the text engraved in copper. 2 folded plates, the first one missing the upper right margin; the second with jagged lower margin.
FULL TITLE & AUTHORS
La Nouvelle Methode Raisonnée du Blason pour l`Aprendre d`une Maniere Aisée: Reduite en Leçons par Demandes, Et par Réponses
In Lyon, chez Thomas Amaulry, 1696
Claude-François Ménestrier (1631-1705) 67111643