Heraldica Curiosa, Welche der Wappen Ursprung, Wachsthum, Fortgang, und wie selbiger noch heutiges Tages bey denen Teutschen im Gebrauch, ausführlichen zeiget. Samt deren umständliche Beschreibung, Wie solche in denen Wappen-Briefen, Alten Documenten, Fahnen, Sigillen etc. und verschiedenen Autorn hin und wieder einzeln zu finden; Insonderheit auch Von denen Schildhaltern, Helm- Decken, Kronen. Hüten, Hauben etc. (...)Neurenberg, Johann Leonhard Buggel, 1698, 4to., full leather binding with ribbed and blind tooled spine, front and back cover bear the gilded ex libris stamp of the Bibliothek des Freiherrn von Pichelsdorf (IOANNES GEORGIUS LIBER BARO A PICHELSTORFF ET ALTENBURG), [6] + 226 + [18] + 166 + [10] pp. Includes: Der Heralds Oder Wappen-Kunst Anderer Theil Oder Special-Abhandlung (...). Some browning in the text, but otherwise in very good conditon, illustrated with large frontispiece, 15 engraved plates with hundreds of coats of arms in the first part and 12 engraved plates with as many coats of arms in the second part, decorative woodcut initials, head pieces and end pieces. Ex libris: Daniel de Bruin. Literature: A. Lattus 2012 "Die Bibliothek des Freiherrn von Pichelsdorf, eine bemerkenswerte Privatbibliothek des 18. Jahrhunderts". l The collection of Johann Georg of Pichelsdorf (ca. 1655-1738) was originally a private library in Schloss Dross, where he lived until hij death. In the 17th and 18th century to own a private library was something to be proud of. Johann Georg made sure his impressive collection was beautifully presented in his castle, never mind the costs. When he died in 1738 he had noted in his will that the library should remain untouched in Schloss Dross. Betwee 1806 and 1847 Schloss Dross came into the possesion of family Falkenhayn. It seems likely that the existing collection of Johann Georg merged with their own collection. In 1905 Countess Maria Falkenhayn bestowed the two collections upon the Bibliothek des Stiftes Herzogenburg, where it is to date.