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Lyon, Olivier Arnoullet, s.d. [1550?]

8vo: [8]-47 ff. (f. 45 and last lf. missing, sm. repairs on corners and title).

Mod. brown morocco signed by De Samblancx-Weckesser, front cover with gilt mosaic coat of arms. Slipcase.

Rare 2nd Lyon ed. (1st Paris ed.: 1458?; 1st Lyon ed.: 1525?, 24 ff.) of this early treatise on heraldic colours. Illustrated with woodcut title and in the text: 3 woodcuts, ca. 24 decorative initials and a few simple diagrams, often hand-coloured.
Ref. USTC 40812. - Pettegree, (FB) 47953. - Cioranescu 20758 (24 ff. ed., 1525?). - Saffroy 2002. - Not in Adams.
Prov. Amaury de Ghellinck d'Elseghem Vaernewyck (arm. bookpl. "Bibliotheca Elseghemensis", lithogr. by N. Heins at Ghent).