Warsaw 1763. cost Imci Pana Gröll Kommisarza y Bibliopoli J. K. Mci w Mariwilu, w Drukarni Jego Królew. Mci y Rzeczypospolitey Collegium Soc. Jesu. 9.5x16 cm, pp. (8), 423, vignettes in woodcut, period half leather binding. Good condition (rubbing of binding, loss of leather on spine, minor foxing[rusty brown discoloration]).
First edition of the heraldry compiled by Benedykt Chmielowski (1700-1763), priest, writer, author, among others, of "New Athens" - one of the first Polish encyclopedias. It was based on the coat of arms of Kasper Niesiecki, and was published posthumously from a manuscript found in the Załuski Library, as indicated by a printed dedication by bookseller and printer Michał Gröll to Józef Załuski, placed before the text.