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SIBMACHER, Johann. Das erneurte und vermehrte Teutsche Wappenbuch. Nuremburg: Christoph Gerhard for Paul Fürst's widow and heirs, 1657-1667.
6 parts in 5 volumes, oblong 4° (156 x 185mm.). 5 engraved titles and 1141 plates, the verso of the first 10 plates in the final part extra-illustrated with 90 original pen-and-ink drawings of coats-of-arms. Contemporary speckled calf (some joints somewhat split). Provenance: J. Reeland (inscription dated 1755); unidentified inscription dated 1820; S.J. Robitsch (bookplate, inscription dated 1925).
A fine set of the most complete heraldic compilation produced in 17th-century Europe including approximately 14,650 individual coats-of-arms. It was first published as a single volume with 226 plates in 1605, expanded editions were published in 1612, 1617 and 1637. Lipperheide Rc 10. (5)
6 parts in 5 volumes, oblong 4° (156 x 185mm.). 5 engraved titles and 1141 plates, the verso of the first 10 plates in the final part extra-illustrated with 90 original pen-and-ink drawings of coats-of-arms. Contemporary speckled calf (some joints somewhat split). Provenance: J. Reeland (inscription dated 1755); unidentified inscription dated 1820; S.J. Robitsch (bookplate, inscription dated 1925).
A fine set of the most complete heraldic compilation produced in 17th-century Europe including approximately 14,650 individual coats-of-arms. It was first published as a single volume with 226 plates in 1605, expanded editions were published in 1612, 1617 and 1637. Lipperheide Rc 10. (5)