Neues historisches Wappenbuch der Stadt Zürich. Nach den besten Quellen bearbeitet. Edited and lithographed by Jean Egli. Color printing by C. Knüsli.
by EGLI, Jean
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Zurich, F. Walder & Sohn (for the editor), 1860. With figured title in color lithography, 46 plates, 6 plates of variants showing c. 670 coats of arms lithogr. in color, gold and silver, with tissue-guards. (252) pp. (incl. errata leaf), (12) pp. 4to. Orig. black cloth with gilt-stamped lettering and seal on upper cover, edges gilt (slightly rubbed). Zurich, F. Walder & Sohn (for the editor), 1860. (And:) THE SAME. Der ausgestorbene Adel von Stadt und Landschaft Zürich. With figured title in color lithography, and 41 plates, 10 plates (die 1859 in der Stadt Zürich eingebürgerten Geschlechter) in color lithography with gold and silver, showing 608 coats of arms, with tissue-guards. 224 pp., 8 pp. 4to. Orig. maroon morocco with gilt-stamped seal on upper cover, edges gilt. Zurich, Egli-Schätti (lithography) and Gull (for the editor), 1865. First editions of both parts of this compendium of all coats of arms of Zurich families, still a standard work, lavishly produced. Johann Egli (called Jean, 1828-1870), a lithographer from Herrliberg, had studied at the Munich Academy, before founding his own lithographic company in Zurich in 1860. For the present work, he drew on the rich heraldic and genealogical material left by Heinrich Wilhelm Tobler-Meyer. The first volume contains a contribution by the art historian Johann Rudolf Rahn regarding the monasteries of Maria Einsiedeln and Wettingen. - Ms. note regarding Jacques Meister from Zurich laid in in vol. I, some light foxing in parts. - Barth 9934 and 9936; Brun I, 413 f. Not in Lonchamp or Dimpfel, Adelslexika/Wappenbücher. GENEALOGY - HERALDRY ; HELVETICA: ZÜRICH-ZUG ; HELVETICA ;
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- Hellmut Schumann Antiquariat (CH)
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- Title
- Neues historisches Wappenbuch der Stadt Zürich. Nach den besten Quellen bearbeitet. Edited and lithographed by Jean Egli. Color printing by C. Knüsli.
- Author
- EGLI, Jean
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Zurich, F. Walder & Sohn (for the editor)
- Date Published
- 1860
- Keywords
- GENEALOGY - HERALDRY ; HELVETICA: ZÜRICH-ZUG ; HELVETICA ;
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- Gilt
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- Errata
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