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BELGIUM- NOBLESSE - CHRISTYN, Jean-Baptiste. Jurisprudentia...

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[BELGIUM- NOBLESSE] - [CHRISTYN, Jean-Baptiste]. Jurisprudentia heroica sive De jure Belgarum circa nobilitatem et insignia... [First part]. Bruxellis, sumpt. B. Vivien, 1668. In-folio, [6] f., 586 p., [16] f., brown calf, ribbed spine decorated with gilt (period binding). First edition of this valuable work on Belgian nobility. First part only, (the second will be published in 1689), frontispiece missing as well as the 14 tables of 16 districts, but with the 5 full-page portraits, numerous copper-engraved heraldic figures in the text, initials, headpieces and endpieces. Complete with pages 196.1-4, 353.1-5, 394.1 and 422.2, but without 421.1/ (Saffroy 8289). Hinges cracked, some stains on cover AP