A Familiar Instruction To Heraldry Explaining In A Series Of Lectures The Principles Of The Science And Showing The Applications To The Study Of Architecture

Barrington, Archibald

Published by H G Bohn London, 1848

About this Item

1st Bohn edition ( but likely 2nd edition overall ). 12mo. 216 pp. Hand coloured tissue guarded frontis + 2 plates in text + 15 other plates ( most hand coloured ). Plates at end have plate O & plate Q as a single plate but no plate P. Some other plates are on two pages, and it seems likely that P is the frontis. Original red blind stamped cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Yellow eps. Attractive book plate ' William Jackson Piggott " inside front cover. Covers : 2cm closed split top & bottom edge of spine, top & bottom spine rubbed, corners slightly knocked, a few faint grubby marks on covers. Contents : hand colouring offset and sightly run on some plates else clean & tight. Clean tight copy. VG-.

Seller Inventory # 3041

Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Familiar Instruction To Heraldry Explaining In A Series Of Lectures The Principles Of The Science And Showing The Applications To The Study Of Architecture
• Publisher: H G Bohn London
• Publication Date: 1848
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good