A Summary View Of Heraldry In Reference To The Usages Of Chivalry And The General Economy Of The Feudal System by Brydson, Thomas - 1795

Haarlem: Jan Bosch 2nd editions, 1757, 1758. Hardcover. Very Good. Copperplate engravings 85 of 88 comprising One (of two) repeated frontis. + 2 TP Vignettes + 82(of 84) engravings depicting Trades, Recreations, Commerce & Navigation, Domestic & Street scenes, etc. by Vincent vander Vinne. Small quarto, 197x156mm, red spined boards (gilt titling of spine faded and nearly illegible, hinges rubbed, tips sl.worn but neat and sound); (x)+218(of 220)+(iv);(4)+xii+142 (of 144)+90(recte 98)pgs; The 4 missing leaves supplied in good facsimiles (comprising half TP with explication of frontis on its back + The frontis which is repeated in Part 2 + 2 leaves with text and an emblem on each). Minor edge browning. Two works bound together, the first edition consisted only of Part I with 50 emblems. The emblems are nearly full page having a caption and number above and a few lines of moral below and are detailed and lively scenes of life in 18th century Holland. The 4 plates of The Spiegel are printed on one side… Read More

Edinburgh and London: W. & A.K. Johnston 1896, new and enlarged edition. (Hardcover set) xx, 489, ix, 525pp. Very good. Bound in contemporary half red morocco with textured red cloth boards, the spine with raised bands and gilt lettering. One of 325 copies. Top edges gilt, patterned endpapers, 66 plates of shields and arms, most in color, numerous illustrations, errata slip. The spine and corners are lightly worn, there are armorial bookplates and blindstamps from previous owners. (Sets, Genealogy, Heraldry, Sets).

Paris: N.Berey, 1654. First Edition of this handsome early European armorial. Brunet V 261. Graesse VI 341. small folio. engraved title, engraved dedication, 2 plates of engraved text, [pp. 12](printed table) & 201 (of 206?) engraved plates of coats of arms (incl. 7 bis plates). lacking 5 bis plates. old vellum over paste-board (covers bowed, upper margin of plate 1 replaced, mild staining in upper margin). Ex-libris L. Gidel. some early ms. additions in the table

UKRAINIA Tolstoi, Count Lyof N.: The Cossacks: A Tale of the Caucasus in the Year 1852. First English Edition, 1888 Walter Scott, 24 Warwick Lane, Paternoster Row, London. Translated from the Russian by Nathan Haskell Dole. Summary: A novel of the Caucasian War 1817-1864. Used. Good- Condition/ No DJ. Blue Boards gold titling and ornamentation. Imperial Russian crest stamped in gilt at center front. A solid copy. Light foxing to endpapers. Toning. Fabric at top of spine missing. RARE/SCARCE.

Beautiful copy of the rare first edition of this standard work on medieval European armour. With 80 fine illustrations drawn and engraved by Sir Samuel Rush Meyrick (some engraved by Richard Bridgens and William Maddocks). Complete with three frontispieces with calligraphic titles and engraved vignettes drawn by Richard Bridgens and engraved by Charles Heath, 70 hand-coloured aquatint plates drawn by Meyrick and engraved by himself or William Maddocks, 10 engraved plates drawn by Meyrick and etched by Richard Bridgens, and 27 illuminated chapter initials.Volume I: 22 hand-coloured plates (VIII to XXX) & 8 b/w etchings (I to VII, XXVI), pp. lxxvii, 206Volume II: 35 hand-coloured plates (XXXI to LVI), 1 b/w engraving (XLIV), pp. 297 Volume III: 13 hand-coloured plates (LVII to LXXIX) & 1 b/w (LXXX) , pp.147, unpaginated 132-page glossaryThe plates are essentially a catalogue of the collection of ancient armour collected by Samuel and his son Llewelyn, with a few items drawn from illuminated manuscripts… Read More

Haarlem: Jan Bosch 2nd editions, 1757, 1758. Hardcover. Very Good. Copperplate engravings 85 of 88 comprising One (of two) repeated frontis. + 2 TP Vignettes + 82(of 84) engravings depicting Trades, Recreations, Commerce & Navigation, Domestic & Street scenes, etc. by Vincent vander Vinne. Small quarto, 197x156mm, red spined boards (gilt titling of spine faded and nearly illegible, hinges rubbed, tips sl.worn but neat and sound); (x)+218(of 220)+(iv);(4)+xii+142 (of 144)+90(recte 98)pgs; The 4 missing leaves supplied in good facsimiles (comprising half TP with explication of frontis on its back + The frontis which is repeated in Part 2 + 2 leaves with text and an emblem on each). Minor edge browning. Two works bound together, the first edition consisted only of Part I with 50 emblems. The emblems are nearly full page having a caption and number above and a few lines of moral below and are detailed and lively scenes of life in 18th century Holland. The 4 plates of The Spiegel are printed on one side… Read More

Edinburgh and London: W. & A.K. Johnston 1896, new and enlarged edition. (Hardcover set) xx, 489, ix, 525pp. Very good. Bound in contemporary half red morocco with textured red cloth boards, the spine with raised bands and gilt lettering. One of 325 copies. Top edges gilt, patterned endpapers, 66 plates of shields and arms, most in color, numerous illustrations, errata slip. The spine and corners are lightly worn, there are armorial bookplates and blindstamps from previous owners. (Sets, Genealogy, Heraldry, Sets).

Paris: N.Berey, 1654. First Edition of this handsome early European armorial. Brunet V 261. Graesse VI 341. small folio. engraved title, engraved dedication, 2 plates of engraved text, [pp. 12](printed table) & 201 (of 206?) engraved plates of coats of arms (incl. 7 bis plates). lacking 5 bis plates. old vellum over paste-board (covers bowed, upper margin of plate 1 replaced, mild staining in upper margin). Ex-libris L. Gidel. some early ms. additions in the table

UKRAINIA Tolstoi, Count Lyof N.: The Cossacks: A Tale of the Caucasus in the Year 1852. First English Edition, 1888 Walter Scott, 24 Warwick Lane, Paternoster Row, London. Translated from the Russian by Nathan Haskell Dole. Summary: A novel of the Caucasian War 1817-1864. Used. Good- Condition/ No DJ. Blue Boards gold titling and ornamentation. Imperial Russian crest stamped in gilt at center front. A solid copy. Light foxing to endpapers. Toning. Fabric at top of spine missing. RARE/SCARCE.

Beautiful copy of the rare first edition of this standard work on medieval European armour. With 80 fine illustrations drawn and engraved by Sir Samuel Rush Meyrick (some engraved by Richard Bridgens and William Maddocks). Complete with three frontispieces with calligraphic titles and engraved vignettes drawn by Richard Bridgens and engraved by Charles Heath, 70 hand-coloured aquatint plates drawn by Meyrick and engraved by himself or William Maddocks, 10 engraved plates drawn by Meyrick and etched by Richard Bridgens, and 27 illuminated chapter initials.Volume I: 22 hand-coloured plates (VIII to XXX) & 8 b/w etchings (I to VII, XXVI), pp. lxxvii, 206Volume II: 35 hand-coloured plates (XXXI to LVI), 1 b/w engraving (XLIV), pp. 297 Volume III: 13 hand-coloured plates (LVII to LXXIX) & 1 b/w (LXXX) , pp.147, unpaginated 132-page glossaryThe plates are essentially a catalogue of the collection of ancient armour collected by Samuel and his son Llewelyn, with a few items drawn from illuminated manuscripts… Read More