Author: MOITHEY, J. L'Ainé illustrator
Title: [Trade Catalogue of Escutcheons - Ecussons]
Description: Paris: chés Grepy rue S. Jaques à S. Pierre près la rue de la parcheminerie, 1774. 4to. 6 leaves printed on rectos only, numbered 1 - 6 [presumed complete]. Original or contemporary grey-blue wrappers with a little wear along the edges. A remarkable survival of a French trade catalogue for escutcheons possibly for carriages or other ornamental decoration. Each one is very different with several showing martial features with examples of how a person's initials or heraldic designs could be incorporated into the central medallion.

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