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Abbé Ménestrier was considered one of the most learned men and the "philosopher of images".
The ingenious Jesuit was the great organizer of the solemn entrances and funeral decorations entrusted to him by King Louis XIV. "He considered heraldry one of the most serious studies in a monarchical country where one would not believe the imagination and science that went into that study."
Beautifully illustrated manual of 32 plates out of text of coats of arms which aims to instruct in a simple way the art of heraldry. It is structured in 34 lessons -
P.C.F. Menestrier - The New Reasoned Method Of The Coat Of Arms To Learn It In An Easy Way - 1701
Correct condition of the binding, work in its period full brown leather, lack of leather on the lower and upper boxes, dented corners, cracked joints, nevertheless solid binding, trace of red wax on the back cover, spine with raised bands, edges pigmented, golden titration -
Good interior condition, light soiling, pretty bands, beautiful initials, 32 plates out of text of coats of arms, superb frontispiece -
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