[12], 393 [i.e. 396] leaves, [24] leaves of plates : 35 cm. (fol.)

First published for S. Vincent by D. de Harsy (Lyons, 1529); see R. Mortimer, French 16th cent., 136

"Impressvm Francofvrti ad Moenvm, apvd Georgivm Corvinvm, impensis Sigismundi Feyerabendi"--Colophon

The 12 double-page etched plates have oval frames set in rectangular outer borders, the corners being filled with strapwork decoration. Some plates are signed IA, for Jost Amman. In addition the 2nd plate has the initials VZ

In Getty copy the plates are bound in after 3*4, tipped onto stubs at the centerfolds

On t.p. is Feyerabend's woodcut device of Fame by Amman (Ilse O'Dell, Jost Ammans Buchschmuck, f22). On )(2r are the woodcut arms of the Freiherrn von Winnenburg & Beilstein, to whom the work is dedicated. Cuts in pt. 1 illustrate the rudiments of heraldry. Historiated initials in three sizes by Amman (O'Dell c20, c48, c51 etc.)

Signatures: )(⁴ 2*-3*⁴ A-Z⁴ a-z⁴ 2A-4G⁴ (V2 missigned V3, 2E2 missigned E2)

Leaf 71 misnumbered 64; leaves 358-359 misnumbered 258-259; leaf 396 misnumbered 393

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