AN INTRODUCTION TO HERALDRY Containing the Rudiments of the Science in General and Other Neccessary Particulars Connected with the Subject. Illustrated By Many Plates.

Berry, William

Published by T. Egerton, and White and Cochrane, Whitehall / Fleet Street, 1810

About this Item

Authoritative account by the Clerk to the Regestrar of the College of Arms. Complete with 12 Full-Page Plates illustrating many Armorial Bearings, Crosses, Crowns, Devices etc. Also a Fold-Out Chart "Paradigm of the Tinctures". Contemporary Brown ribbed Quarter cloth binding with Marbled paper-covered Boards. iii (3) preliminary pages. Main Text 158 p.pages. 9 1/4" Tall, 450g. Only a trace of paper title label remains on spine. Edge wear and rubbing to boards. Hinges sound. Gift inscription, dated 1905, on endpaper and penciled name & date on ffep. Antique inscription at top of preface. Pencil sketch of armorial bearing on rear endpaper. No other inscriptions. Light foxing on Plates. Only an occasional spot on text.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: AN INTRODUCTION TO HERALDRY Containing the Rudiments of the Science in General and Other Neccessary Particulars Connected with the Subject. Illustrated By Many Plates.
• Publisher: T. Egerton, and White and Cochrane, Whitehall / Fleet Street
• Publication Date: 1810
• Binding: Quarter Cloth
• Condition: Good+
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