Author: Rouck, Thomas de
Title: Den Nederlandtschen Herauld ofte Tractaet van Wapenen en politycken adel.
Description: Amsterdam, Jan Janssen, 1645, 4o. full parchment spitsel binding (spitselband), 370+56+8 pp., damaged spine (loose title vignette), some sign of worming, illustrated with many heraldic woodcuts in the text and some full page engravings showing full figure portraits of historical figures. First edition of De Rouck's work on heraldry, of which two more editions would be published in 1671 en 1673, but with different titles. It is the oldest and only Dutch work on heraldry until the mid nineteenth century. De Rouck developed a hatching system to convey heraldic colors in print. A table of this hatching system is found on page 55 of the second part. l Including: "Tweede deel des Nederlandtschen Herauld: ofte Korte beteeckeninghe der Konst-Woorden, ende Formulen van spreecken in Herauldie, door den selven autheur, Thomas de Rouck" (Leyden, Willem Christiaens vander Boxe, 1645) and "Waerschouwinghe aen den leser". Printer's mark on title page, title page in red and black ink, decorated initials, Roman fonts (regular and italic) combined with a Gothic font. Handwritten note on front flyleaf stating date, original price and ownership (den 17 september 1654, 7 (or 2?) guldens, P. Boreel-Kagel) and a handwritten note in french on the back flyleaf with a reference to page 170.

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