A Collection of Works on the Coats of Arms of French Cities - Lot 375

A Collection of Works on the Coats of Arms of French Cities and Provinces. 1/ - Meurgey, Jacques. - Coats of Arms of the Provinces and Cities of France. A collection of three hundred seventy-two woodcuts engraved for King Louis XIV and preserved at the Condé Museum in Chantilly. Preface by Mr. Gustave Macon. Paris, Ch. Bosse, 1929. Large quarto, bound in green half-morocco with a smooth spine, gilt lettering; covers and spine intact—VIII, 213 pp., [1 folio table of contents]. Illustrated with 53 plates (out of text) depicting the coats of arms of 471 towns or provinces, using 372 woodcuts (some woodcuts are used for multiple towns sharing the same coat of arms). Printed in an edition of 250 copies; this one is one of 225 printed on Arches vellum (no. 186). 2/ - Meurgey, Jacques. - The Coats of Arms of the Basque Provinces and Cities. Bayonne, Impr. du Courrier, 1932. Large 8vo, cloth-bound, with green title label, covers intact—51 pp. Frontispiece and 38 coats of arms reproduced. 3/ - Meurgey, Jacques. - Historical Note on the Coats of Arms of the Former Provinces of France. Paris, Cie Fr. des Arts Graphiques, 1941. Square 8vo, paperback - 93 pp. 4/ - Gassowski, Jean-Paul de. - The Armorial of the Municipalities of the Val d’Oise. Mériel, Gaso, 1996. Quarto, paperback with a full-color softcover - 107 full-page, full-color reproductions of coats of arms with descriptions. Print run of 1,000 copies (No. 176). 5/ - [Various Authors] - Colors and Symbolism. Coats of Arms of Cities During the First Empire and the Restoration. Paris, Somogy, National Archives, 2010. In-8, publisher’s cardboard binding, color dust jacket—320 pp. and 436 coats of arms reproduced in color. 6/ - Meurgey de Tupigny, Robert Louis. - The Coats of Arms of the French Provinces. History of each province. Modern illuminated graphic compositions based on ancient documents. Paris, Girard and Barrère, 1951. Quarto, metal spiral binding in a cardboard sleeve—44 pp. of text and 40 full-page color coats of arms. 7/ - Broucke, Paul-François - Mauguin, Michel. - Saint-Renan. Heraldic Heritage of Yesterday and Today. Saint-Renan, Musée du Ponant, 2012. In-4, paperback with full-color softcover—83 pp. Illustrations in black and white and in color. 8/ - [Café Sanka] - Heraldic France, Volume I. Paris, Café Sanka, 1932. Small in-4, loose-leaf pages bound with a metal and screw binding system, cardboard cover, and slipcase - [58 ff.], 50 of which are decorated with pasted vignettes. Complete. Also included: 9/ - Louda, Jiri. - Coats of Arms of European Cities. Illustrated Guide. Paris, Gründ, 1972. In-12, publisher’s cardboard binding illustrated in color—268 pp. 320 coats of arms in color.