Henri Estienne; Thomas Blount — The Art of Making Devises

London, John Holden, 1650. Leather. A very scarce early edition of Henri Estienne's important early work on the art of devises illustrated with beautiful and detailed engravings. A very scarce work.Illustrated with a frontispiece, ten plates, and a couple of in-text engravings.Collated, complete.ESTC citation number R12325.An interesting and detailed work looking into the making of devises and emblems. This dissertation is an early work on art and antiquities. A catalogue of coronet-devises is added.Originally written in French by Henri Estienne, as 'Art de Faire des Devises&apos. Estienne was a noted French painter and classical scholar.Translated here into English by Thomas Blount, an important antiquarian and lexicographer.A reprint of this work, with cancel title page, a reissue of the 1646 edition. In a full calf binding. Externally, sound, with rubbing to the boards and spine, resulting in a little loss of leather. Light bumping to the spine and extremities. A little loss to the head and tail of the spine. A few marks to the boards. Hinges are starting but remain firm. Prior owner's ink to the paste downs and endpapers. Label to the rear paste down. Internally, generally firmly bound, some pages lifting a little. Pages are lightly age-toned with some spots. Some worming throughout the textblock, only affecting the text a very minimal amount to a couple of leaves. Last leaf, N2, is closely cropped to the head, affecting only the running title. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .