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A Visitation of the Seats and Arms of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain.. Volume I [this volume only]. ONE VOLUME ONLY: ALL TINTED LITHOGRAPHS COMPLETE
by BURKE John Bernard
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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Thakeham, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Colburn & Co.,, 1852. 8vo., First Edition, with tinted lithographed frontispiece (original tissue guard present), 30 fine tinted lithographed plates (all original tissue guards present), 16 engraved plates of arms (mildly spotted) and numerous pedigrees in the text; strongly bound in contemporary half calf, marbled boards, back with gilt rules and red leather label ruled and lettered in gilt, marbled edges, marbled endpapers, expertly rebacked with old backstrip laid down, a most attractive copy. With separate index of arms.
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- Bookseller
- Island Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 30740
- Title
- A Visitation of the Seats and Arms of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain.. Volume I [this volume only]. ONE VOLUME ONLY: ALL TINTED LITHOGRAPHS COMPLETE
- Author
- BURKE John Bernard
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Colburn & Co.,
- Date Published
- 1852
- Keywords
- genealogy, heraldry, burke, burke's visitation, james bernard burke, country seats, country houses, family history
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