[HERALDIC]. MÉNESTRIER (Claude François). - Origine des armo - Lot 268

[HERALDIC]. MÉNESTRIER (Claude François). - Origine des armoiries. A Paris, Pour Thomas Amaulry & se vend Chez René Guignard, 1679. -- Origine des ornemens des armoiries. Paris, Pour Thomas Amaulry, 1680. 2 volumes in-12, red morocco, fine gilt serrated roulette framing the boards, ornate ribbed spines, gilt edges (period binding). FIRST EDITIONS. - One engraved heraldic title-frontispiece, six heraldic plates and one folded plate (tribute to the Duke of Bourbon). -- One engraved title-frontispiece, one plate depicting the Duc de Bourbon on his way to a tournament and two heraldic plates (out of seven). The first volume is dedicated to Nicolas PRUNIER, marquis de VIRIEU, known as le président de SAINT-ANDRÉ (1655-1692), whose coat of arms and those of his ancestry appear on the title-frontispiece. Small stains on covers: leaves foxed: two title-frontispices short of margin and five plates lacking in the 2nd volume, but a good copy in red morocco. A GOOD COPY IN CONTEMPORARY RED MOROCCO. Saffroy, I, 2207 & 2209.