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AMMAN, Jost (1539-1591). Geschlechter-Buch... der löblichen kayserlichen Reichs Statt Augspurg. Frankfurt: Johann Wilhelm Amman, 1661.
2° (305 x 192mm). Woodcut vignette on title, 156 full-page woodcuts and 1 full woodcut border. (Slightly browned throughout, first and last two leaves strengthened at inner margins.) 19th-century half calf (rubbed). Provenance: unidentified armorial stamp on front cover.
Later issue of the famous book on heraldry, reprinted from the first edition of 1580 using the same woodblocks. The fine woodcuts depict Augsburg knights in full armour with their respective family name. Strangely, there are no auction records for this edition and it is not mentioned by Lipperheide, Colas or Fairfax-Murray. A LARGE COPY. Brunet I, 239.
2° (305 x 192mm). Woodcut vignette on title, 156 full-page woodcuts and 1 full woodcut border. (Slightly browned throughout, first and last two leaves strengthened at inner margins.) 19th-century half calf (rubbed). Provenance: unidentified armorial stamp on front cover.
Later issue of the famous book on heraldry, reprinted from the first edition of 1580 using the same woodblocks. The fine woodcuts depict Augsburg knights in full armour with their respective family name. Strangely, there are no auction records for this edition and it is not mentioned by Lipperheide, Colas or Fairfax-Murray. A LARGE COPY. Brunet I, 239.