MÉNESTRIER (Claude-François). Le blason de la noblesse, ou L - Lot 153

MÉNESTRIER (Claude-François). Le blason de la noblesse, ou Les preuves de noblesse de toutes les nations de l'Europe. A Paris, chez R. J. B. de La Caille, 1683. In-12, [1] f. (title), 35-546 p., [7] f. (table, privil., errata), blond calf, 5-nerved spine, small-ferruled caissons, red and black title and date-pieces, triple gilt fillet on covers, double fillet on edges, interior roulette, gilt edges [Petit succ. de Simier]. (upper spine split, browned title skilfully restored at corner). First edition illustrated with a folding table showing the sixteen quarters of the House of Bocholtz. Enriched with an engraved plate showing eight Germanic coats of arms. Very few old annotations, including corrections to pagination at the end of the volume. Provenance: Merlin d'Estreux de Beaugrenier (armorial bookplate engraved by Stern); C. Pieters (engraved bookplate). (Allut n° LXXXVI).