Scotland? 17th c., after, 1625.

Price: $25,000.00

Manuscript consisting of 107 full-page Scottish coats-of-arms, each hand-painted over an underlying generic engraved template. The bare-bones template has minimal detail (helm with mantling, outline of a blank shield, empty compartment with flourishes) and serves only as a uniform foundation over which elaborate, individualized crests are painted. The first three...

Bologna: Presso gli heredi di Euangelista Dozza, 1647.

Price: $18,000.00

Bound in three uniform bindings of contemporary stiff vellum, somewhat soiled. The text is in overall fine condition, with some light browning, occasional foxing, and a few marginal damp-stains.The three volumes are illustrated throughout with the well-known woodcut portraits of the artists set within ornate frames. For this edition the...