[Heraldry]. MENESTRIER (Claude-François). La devise du roy j - Lot 125

[Heraldry]. MENESTRIER (Claude-François). La devise du roy justifiée... Avec un recueil de cinq cens Devises faites pour S. M. & toute la Maison Royale. A Paris, chez Estienne Michalet, 1679. In-4, [11] f., 200 p., [1] f. (table, errata), half-fawn pastiche speckled basane, ornate ribbed spine, 2 green title-pieces, red edges (title browned with small tear repaired at head, sporadic browning). First edition, illustrated on the first page of the dedication with a copper-engraved bandeau by paèrs F. Sevin showing a meeting of the Académies. Sevin showing a meeting of the Académiciens, and an initial with the bust of Louis XIV; as well as a copper-engraved vignette on p. 71 showing a brooch. Collation as given by Allut: without the probably blank f. a1, according to the digitized BnF copy 30925649, which reports [12] preliminary f. but shows only 11 printed (Allut n° LXVI p. 155-156).