Heraldry of the Veneto.

Author

CORONELLI, V[incenzo].

Title

Blasone Veneto,
o gentlizie insegne delle famiglie patrizie.Oggi esistenti in Venezia, delineato gi'a dal P. Generale Coronelli. E. ristampato con nuovo aggiunte. Dedicato All'Illustriss., & Eccellentis.Sig. Francesco Rota, Nobile veneto.

Published, Date

Tramontin, Venezia 1706.

Description

[Second edition]. 12mo, (10 x 8 cms), title-page, [6], 117 engraved plates, some folding, some double-page, all numbered, many printed 2 per leaf, slight staining on title-page, bound in contemporary vellum, ink writing on boards and spine, some staining; else a good solid copy.

Note

Vincenzo Coronelli depicts in this small volumes 78 arms of the cities of the Veneto region, (drawn by the cosmographer P. Coronelli). The volume also includes 930 arms belonging to patrician families from the Veneto, with a description of the various blazon variants attributed to the numerous branches of these families (the Contarini, for example, have at least twenty).

References

Cicogna, p.315.

Stock Number

72437