[Rarebooks] FS: One of the earliest treatises on heraldry written in French (ca. 1530)

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Sicile, Jean Courtois. LE BLASON DES COULEURS EN ARMES LIVREES ET 
DEVISES... Paris: on les vend a Paris en la Rue Neufue Nostre Dame a Lenseigne Sainct 
Nicolae (P. Sergent or J. St. Denys?). No date (c. 1530). Sm. 8vo. 
ff.(4),liii (i.e. lii). Title printed in red & black, and with a large woodcut arms 
of France, hand colored. This same cut is repeated on A6. Text with 48 
woodcut labels and roundels that have been hand colored (many different colors) 
through the use of a stencil. Cont. calf, neatly rebacked to match, without a 
spine label.     $3,000.00 (trade discount allowed)
One of the most ancient printed treatises on heraldry written in French. 
The text is divided into two parts, the first on the emblazoning of arms, i.e. 
color in heraldry. The second part enumerates the different articles of 
clothing of men and women, with the appropriateness of their colors. BL Italian 
STC p. 401. See Fairfax-Murray, ITALIAN #618 for a long discussion.

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