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A COMPLETE BODY OF HERALDRY Containing an Historical Enquiry Into the Origins of Armories and the Rise and Progress of Heraldry... Glover's Ordinary of Arms Augmented and Improved... An Alphabet of Arms... And a Copious Glossary... in Two Volumes
by EDMONDSON Joseph
- Used
- Condition
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- Seller
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Dulverton, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Printed for the author by T. Spilsbury and sold by J. Dodsley and T. Payne and Son et al, 1780. 1st edn. Folio (17 x 10¾ ins). Contemporary full calf, gilt ruled raised-ribbed spine with gilt lettered label, board edges gilt tooled (some wear to outer joints but casing still firm; boards lightly discoloured with scratches and abrasions and wear at edges and corners). Pp. [viii] + 200 + unpaginated + 109 (lacks pp. 25-38 and 81-84), thereafter unpaginated, illus with engraved frontispiece, 23 full page plates and vignettes in text (endpapers lightly spotted, and tanned at edges; offsetting from frontis on title; previous owner's armorial bookplate on front paste-down; no inscriptions).
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- Bookseller
- Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 140665
- Title
- A COMPLETE BODY OF HERALDRY Containing an Historical Enquiry Into the Origins of Armories and the Rise and Progress of Heraldry... Glover's Ordinary of Arms Augmented and Improved... An Alphabet of Arms... And a Copious Glossary... in Two Volumes
- Author
- EDMONDSON Joseph
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Printed for the author by T. Spilsbury and sold by J. Dodsley and T. Payne and Son et al, 1780
- Bookseller catalogs
- Heraldry;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd
Returns accepted subject to prior notice.
About the Seller
Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd
Biblio member since 2004
Dulverton
About Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd
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- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Folio
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- Bookplate
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Edges
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