L'Abbé de Vallemont - Les Elemens de l'Histoire - 1702

Rare exemplar notably illustrated with 23 plates of coats of arms, ornaments of heraldry, crowns, supports, mottos, escutcheon, orders of chivalry, banners, lambrequins, marks of dignity,... from the first volume of this work which explains what one must know about chronology, geography and heraldry, before reading the particular history of each country or each era -

This didactic work presents itself as a true introductory sum intended to provide the reader with the fundamental knowledge necessary before tackling the particular history, covering a wide disciplinary field ranging from chronology and geography to heraldry, passing through universal history, the history of the Church of the Old Testament and the ancient monarchies, then that of the Church of the New Testament and the modern monarchies -

The Abbé de Vallemont, a scholar at the turn of the 17th and 18th centuries, fits into the pedagogical tradition aiming to order knowledge and to provide its methodological keys, by offering a clear and structured synthesis that reflects the encyclopedic spirit of his time -

L'Abbé de Vallemont - The Elements of History, or what one must know about chronology, geography, blazon, universal history, the Church of the Old Testament, the ancient monarchies, the Church of the New Testament and the modern monarchies before reading the particular History - 1702 - Volume I - Anisson -
464 Pages.

Good condition of the binding, work in its full brown leather of the period, wear from use, front hinge partially split in the upper part, top cap missing, corners worn, back with raised cords ornate, title and volume numbers gilded -

Good interior condition, browning, pretty headbands, work enriched with a vignette engraved at the head, 23 plates of coats of arms, ornaments of heraldry, crowns, supports, mottos, escutcheon, orders of chivalry, banners, lambrequins, marks of dignity, third edition augmented with a sequence of imperial medals, from Julius Caesar to Heraclius -

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