Search Results: Heraldry from Florilegius

Good complete collection of the heraldry section from Diderot and d'Alembert's Encyclopedia. Complete with all 29 copperplate engravings (one triple folding plate counted as three) and 26 pages of explanatory text.With over 750 heraldic shields comprising:650 examples of heraldic motifs (Pl. I to XII)21 coats of arms of religious ranks, helms of aristocracy (Pl. XIII to XIV)36 coats of arms of kings and rulers of Europe, Russia, Ethiopia, Persia, China, etc. (Pl. XV to XVIII)24 coats of arms of French nobility (Pl. XIX to XX)63 coats of arms within a genealogical tree of the kings of France going back five generations from Louis XVI, beheaded in the French Revolution, to Louis XIII (Triple folding plate, Pl. XXI)12 coats of arms with supporting mermaids, bears, tigers, hounds, gryphons, eagles, etc. (Pl. XXII)95 coats of arms of military and religious orders with their names neatly written in pencil (Pl. XXIII-XXVII)Half leather, spine with five raised bands, gilt fleurs-de-lys, blue cloth title label… Read More