PAPROCKI Bartosz, Coats of arms of Polish knighthood.

Coats of arms of Polish knighthood.

Collected and published r. p. 1584. Wydanie Kazimierza Józefa Turowskiego. Cracow 1858. published by the Publishing House of the Polish Library. 4, pp. 964, CLXII, 13, [1], likeness of title page of 16th-century edition in woodcut, numerous coat-of-arms woodcuts in the text, publisher's psk. of period.
Traces of non-staining and staining, inscription in his own hand, non-scuffing of binding. Good condition. Bartłomiej (Bartosz) Paprocki,coat of arms Jastrzębiec (1540-1614), herald of Dobrzyń, Polish and Czech herald (called the father of Polish and Czech heraldry), author of many heraldic books, writer, historian, poet and translator.