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W. MAIGNE Abrégé Méthodique de la Science des Armoiries,suivi d'un Glossaire des Attributs Héraldiques, d'un Traité Élémentaire des Ordres de Chevalerie et de Notions sur les Classes Nobles, les Anoblissements, l'Origine des Noms de Famille, les Preuves de NParis, Garnier Frères, Libraires-Editeurs, 1860. 8-vo (12 x 18 cm). Pp. XII, 492. Contemp. half-leather with marbled boards and gilt-lettered spine. Extensive work on Heraldry with an account on the Origins and Development of the Coat-of-Arms of France, but also of many European Countries with chapters on Interior Coat-of Arms (a.o. Repartitions, Heraldic and Natural Figures and Signification of the Coat-of Arms), the Exterior Additions of the Coat-of-Arms (a.o. Crowns of Soverains, Nobility and Honorifics, Casques, Devises, Banners, War Cries, Dignitary Ornaments, Decorations and an appendix on the Imperial Nobility Distinctions), Heraldic Glossary (56 pages), Chapters on the Ancient and Modern Orders of Chivalry of France and many foreign countries, the Different Kinds of Nobility and their Distinctions (Loss of Nobility, Family Names, Titles, Nobility Usurpation before the Revolution and since the Empire, False Nobility). With 235 elaborate and detailed text-engravings of Coat-of-Arms and different components by Dufrénoy. With Index and at the end 4 pages with titles from the Garnier Catalogue. Lower outer corner of pp 323-4 torn off, not affecting text. Exterior margins of many pages slightly (paper-related) stained, but otherwise an excellent copy.
Offered for EUR 95.00 = appr. US$ 136.04 by: Zaal Books - Book number: 19919