Lot 465
  • 465

Two volumes of Johann Sibmacher's Neues Wapenbuch Nuremberg, dated 1605 and 1609

Estimate
1,200 - 1,800 EUR
bidding is closed

Description

  • 16.7 by 21cm.
the first with gilt edges and bound in leather, tooled and gilt with an armorial shield, apparently pages 223 and 224; the second bound in parchment

Condition

The first volume a bit loose in the spine, covers soiled and rubbed, the second with soiled edges and minor damage from worming.
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Catalogue Note

illustrated on page 243