[Rarebooks] FS: The "best" edition of Menestrier's work on heraldry. Lyon: 1770

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(HERALDRY) Menestrier, Claude-Francois. NOUVELLLE METHODE RAISONNEE DU 
BLASON, OU DE L’ART HERALDIQUE. Mise dans un Meilleur Ordre, & Augmentee de Toutes 
les Connoissances Relatives a Cette Science. Par M. L***. Lyon: Chez Poerre 
Bruyset Ponthus. 1770. Sm. 8vo. (16),619,(35)pp. Index. Illustrated with an 
engraved frontispiece and 50 engraved plates (1 folding), depicting hundreds of 
escutcheons. Cont. mottled calf, gilt decorated spine (minor chips at 
extremities), burgundy morocco spine label. Front hinge starting to split but holding 
nicely.     $375.00 (trade discount allowed)
A text that went through many printings. Our greatly expanded edition is 
considered to be the “best.”

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