Eestimaa aadelkonna vapiraamat = Das Wappenbuch des Estländischen Adels = Gerbovnik dvorânstva Èstlândii = Armoral of the Estonian Nobility
36: Valgus, 2007. Hardcover. Numbered, 255/625. Text in English, Russian, German and Estonian. 291 pp. Gilt lettering on the spine is slightly worn. Light edge wear to the covers.
includes all the coats of arms housed in the Knighthood House in Reval belonging to noble families matriculated in Estonia; some of the families still have possessions here, some have emigrated and some no longer exist. The coats of arms have been carefully compared with the originals using Damier's contour drawings, illuminated, corected and the coats of arms missing from Damier's collection added, all of them divided into three classes according to the decree of the matriculation commitee of 26 February 1825 and supplied with two appendices by Johann Henrich Faustus Felicius, called Socinus. retired minister of Harju-Jaani St John's church, Reval, August 1, 1846. Near Fine. Item #6676
ISBN: 9789985682128
Price: $200.00