$527
London: S. Roycroft for R. Blome, 1679. Folio, full mottled tree calf gilt-stamped with armorial cartouche, titles in gilt to spine with red leather spine labels, renewed endpapers, title page in red and black, engraved head-pieces and initials. Fifth edition. With engraved allegorical plate, 57 full page plates of armorial engravings, many two-sided, and illustrated throughout with woodcut coats of arms colored in a contemporary hand. Fifth edition of Guillim's important work on the various noble orders of England, with the addition of Logan's treatise on the tenets of nobility in England and around the world. Wear to boards with front board detached; 1-inch of loss to foot of spine and corners bumped; lacking frontispiece.
Auctioneer:
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
Date:
2011-08-09
