Salomon Neugebauer - Selectorum symbolorum heroicorum...

Salomon Neugebauer. Selectorum symbolorum heroicorum Centuria gemina enotata atque enodata. Francofurti [Francfort], Apud Lucam Jennis Bibliopham, 1619, (8) ff., 406 pp. (13) ff. One volume in-12 (160x105 mm), full vellum, title written in ink on the spine (period binding). Soiled covers. Interior very fresh, no foxing. A small paper loss in the upper corner of pp. 169-170 without affecting the text. Pagination error with no missing pages: the sequence goes from page 232 to 234. Missing pp. 143-144; pp. 242-244; pp. 291-292; pp. 305-306; pp. 309-310; pp. 315-316; pp. 323-326; pp. 357-358. Some leaves browned otherwise a very fine copy. Collection of 192 (out of 201) heraldic emblems of European rulers before the 16th century. Each emblem and motto is accompanied by a page of explanation on its meaning.

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