Hundreds of woodcut coats of arms of Swedish Nobility, 1734

Sweriges rikes ridderskaps och adels wapnebok, uplagd i Stockholm år 1734. Folio. (31,2 x 19 cms.) [10] pp. (one featuring a full-page woodcut describing heraldic colours) + plates 1-14 (Counts) + [2] pp. + plates 15-49 (Barons). Reproductions are in woodcut.

Contemporary full calf, somewhat worn, slight damage to top of spine, old annotation on front pastedown, occasional slight soiling, final plate with two crests added in ink (Af Sandeberg, Aug. von Homeyer).

A very early collection of reproductions of the coats of arms of the Swedish noble families. A continuation appeared in 1743 and revised editions in 1745 and 1746.

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