Vincenzo CORONELLI

Armi, ò Blasoni dei Patritii Veneti, co'nomi di quelli, che per l'età si trovano capaci all'ingresso del Serenissimo Maggio Consiglio nell'Anno corrente.  [16]; 48; 544 pp.  Illustrated with a full-page engraved plate of a winged lion representing the Venetian Republic, and 924 armorial shields on 110 full-page engraved plates.  32mo., 100 x 72 mm, bound in contemporary vellum, manuscript label on the spine.  Venetia: Appresso Francesco Busetto à S. Lio, 1694.   First Edition of this indispensable record of nearly 220 patrician families living in Venice in 1694, listed alphabetically from Acquisti to Zusto, and illustrated with hundreds of corresponding crests.  Based on the Libro d'Oro started in 1506 and preserved in the Archivio di Stato dei Frari, this pocket-sized reference book not only documents the names, birthdays, and marriage dates of contemporary Venetian nobility, but also presents a calendar for the year 1694; a census of births and deaths for men, women, and children in