Rietstap (Johannes Baptist), 1828-1891; Rolland (Victor), 1843-1912; Rolland (Henri)

Eight volumes bound as five (22.5 cm or 29 cm), I (Armorial général, A-K): xlii, 1149 (1) pp. and 4 leaves of plates (pls.I-VII). II (Armorial général, L-Z): vi, 1316 (2) pp. III-IV (Illustrations, A-F): (6) pp. and pls. a-g, i-ccclxvi; (2) pp. and pls.i-ccclxxvi. V-VI (Illustrations, G-O): (2) pp. and pls.i-ccclxii; (2) pp. and pls.i-cccxxxi. VII-VIII (Illustrations, P-Z): (2) pp. and pls.i-ccclxxvii; (2) pp. and pls.i-ccxvii, (3) pp. Uniform publisher’s blue cloth (no dust jackets issued). - These indispensable publications provide approximately 120,000 blasons and 112,600 coats of arms (on 2029 plates, printed both recto and verso). The Armorial général is a facsimile reprint of the second edition (Gouda: G.B. van Goor, 1884-1887; “First published 1965 in this form… second impression 1972”). The Illustrations is a reprint of the Rollands’ Armoiries des familles contenues dans l’Armorial général de J. B. Rietstap (originally published Paris: Institut Héraldique Universel, 1903-1926; reprinted Lyon: Sauvegarde Historique, 1953-1954), with a new preface by Rosemary Pinches (dated April 1967). ¶ As new.