Pierre Le Lorrain de Vallemont - Les Élémens de l'Histoire

Rare two-volume illustrated edition of the arms of the Marquis de Courcillon, 35 plates hors texte representing coats of arms and medals - This edition is part of the tradition of learned manuals from the late 17th century and the beginning of the 18th century, a period during which scholars sought to organize historical knowledge according to a clear, chronological, and comparative method - Priest and scholarly author, the Abbot de Vallemont contends that understanding history requires beforehand mastery of several complementary disciplines, notably chronology, which allows locating events in time, and geography, indispensable for identifying the territories, the peoples, the kingdoms and the places where historical events unfold - The author also engages with universal history, which he organizes around the great civilizations, dynastic successions and political transformations that marked Antiquity and more recent periods - Pierre Le Lorrain de Vallemont - The Elements of History, or What One Must Know of Chronology, Geography, Universal History, the Church of the Old Testament, ancient monarchies, the Church of the New Testament, & the new monarchies - 1702 - Volumes I and II - Anisson - 464 + 631 Pages. Bindings in good condition, volumes in full Havana calf of the period, used rubbing, some minor defects on boards and spine, 2 missing headpieces, spine and corners worn, foxing on edges, red edges, spine with raised bands adorned, gilded titling on a red morocco piece, gilt edges - Good interior condition, browning, small vignette on title page, pretty headbands, illustrated edition of the arms of the Marquis de Courcillon, 35 plates hors texte representing coats of arms and medals, a new edition of this encyclopedic manual, with a significant heraldry section, published by Anisson, director of the Royal Printing House, endpapers in acceptable condition, good copy - Delivery service ensured within a few days –

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