<p><b>From the Collection at Goodrich Court <span class="caps">HEREFORDSHIRE</span> In 2 Volumes</b></p>
<p>Drawings & Descriptions Sir Samuel Rush Meyrick, Joseph Skelton</p>
<p>Publisher/Date: London, Henry G. Bohn, 1854, Second edition, corrected by Meyrick, folio.</p>
<p>Format/Condition: <span class="caps">ENGRAVED</span> <span class="caps">ILLUSTRATIONS</span> OF <span class="caps">ANTIENT</span> <span class="caps">ARMOUR</span> Complete two volumes. Folio. Vol. I with an engraved frontis. Facing an engraved title page, followed by a printed title, followed by an engraved port. of Meyrick, followed by 74 plates, including a vignette at the end. (xxvi), +73 leaves of text, each following the plate that they describe. Vol II with engraved frontis. & title page +78 additional plates, including a vignette at the end. The plates depict all types of Medieval armour & arms, including flintlock rifles, swords, spears, etc.</p>
<p>Ex-lib, with rubber stamps to both printed title pages and to all 3 edges of both vols. No other markings. Bound in period ¾ red morocco with marbled boards and a.e.g. Spines with 5 raised bands and heavy gilt stamped compartments and black leather spine labels(3 out of 4 lacking). Contents clean & tight with only occasional light finger soiling. w.a.f. Bindings lightly scuffed/rubbed, with some of the corners worn thru to boards, and with a 4" split to the front hinge of vol. II, o/w VG.</p>
<p>This important collection, some of which are now at the British Museum, included examples of European, Asian and ethnographic arms. A classic antiquarian arms and armor book.</p>2008-11-07T11:46:41-05:00engraved-illustrations-of-ancient-armour4088802Book2008-11-07T11:46:41-05:00ENGRAVED ILLUSTRATIONS OF ANCIENT ARMOUR2009-12-10T14:23:43-05:00Used
<b>From the Collection at Goodrich Court HEREFORDSHIRE In 2 Volumes</b>
Drawings & Descriptions Sir Samuel Rush Meyrick, Joseph Skelton
Publisher/Date: London, Henry G. Bohn, 1854, Second edition, corrected by Meyrick, folio.
Format/Condition: ENGRAVED ILLUSTRATIONS OF ANTIENT ARMOUR Complete two volumes. Folio. Vol. I with an engraved frontis. Facing an engraved title page, followed by a printed title, followed by an engraved port. of Meyrick, followed by 74 plates, including a vignette at the end. (xxvi), +73 leaves of text, each following the plate that they describe. Vol II with engraved frontis. & title page +78 additional plates, including a vignette at the end. The plates depict all types of Medieval armour & arms, including flintlock rifles, swords, spears, etc.
Ex-lib, with rubber stamps to both printed title pages and to all 3 edges of both vols. No other markings. Bound in period ¾ red morocco with marbled boards and a.e.g. Spines with 5 raised bands and heavy gilt stamped compartments and black leather spine labels(3 out of 4 lacking). Contents clean & tight with only occasional light finger soiling. w.a.f. Bindings lightly scuffed/rubbed, with some of the corners worn thru to boards, and with a 4" split to the front hinge of vol. II, o/w VG.
This important collection, some of which are now at the British Museum, included examples of European, Asian and ethnographic arms. A classic antiquarian arms and armor book.
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