Illustrated historical heraldry 1717

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Philipp Jacob Spener (1635 Rappoltsweiler - 1705 Berlin), Lutheran theologian, one of the best-known representatives of Pietism, is considered the most important genealogist of the 17th century and the scientific founder of heraldry, titled: INSIGNIUM THEORIA SEV OPERIS HERALDICI PARS GENERALIS, QUAE CIRCA INSIGNIA , HORUM ORIGINEM, SCUTA EORUMQUE PARTITIONES, METALLA, COLORES, FIGURAS, GALEAS, APICES, ALIASQUE SCUTORUM APPENDICES ET CONSECTARIA STUDIOSO HISTORIARUM ET VITAE CIVILIS NOSSE ... AUTORE PHILIPPO JACOBO SPENERO D. EDITIO SECUNDA, illustrated with beautiful copper plates with coats of arms, Frankfurt aM : Ex Officina Zunneriana, Apud Johannem Adamum Jungium, Typis Johannis Mulleri Gissae, 1717, orig. Leather binding, signs of age and wear (among other things, the binding is damaged, partly stained, but a rare edition worth collecting)