Feb 28, 2013 - Sale 2305
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Sale 2305 - Lot 130

Price Realized: $ 180
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Estimate: $ 250 - $ 350
LE MOYNE, PIERRE, S.J. De l'Art des Devises. Full-page heraldic engraving; 158 text illustrations of devices. [40], 521, [22] pages, including etched additional title. 4to, contemporary calf gilt, spine ends chipped, joints cracked, cords intact, cover corners worn through; contents heavily browned, old armorial stamp and Jesuit ownership inscription on title. Paris: Sebastien Cramoisy & Sebastien Mabre Cramoisy, 1666
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first edition. Grolier/Raybould 57 ("the most important treatise in the seventeenth century on the nature of the device"); Praz, page 401.