Lot n° 676
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GUERIN DE LA GRASSERIE, A. P.
Armorial de Bretagne containing the names and surnames of the Breton families [...]. Rennes, Deniel, typography of A. Marteville & Lefas, 1845 - 1848. 2 vols. Large in-4. Full period pink boards, blue paper title and giblets. 4] ff, 304 pp, 74 plates; [2] ff, 64 plates, 630 pp.
Original edition illustrated with 138 plates out of text featuring 2199 chromolithographed coats of arms, as well as the supplement published 8 years later and containing 6 additional plates with 98 new coats of arms.
Beautiful ornamental frame printed in blue.
Plate 137 is bound backwards.
Scattered brown spotting, rubbing to the binding, missing upper headpieces.
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