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Samuel Rush Meyrick, A Critical Inquiry into Antient Armour as it Existed in Europe, But Particularly in England, From the Norman Conquest to the Reign of Charles II, with A Glossary of Military Terms of the Middle Ages
8 June 2015, 10:00 PDT
San FranciscoUS$1,500 - US$2,500
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Samuel Rush Meyrick, A Critical Inquiry into Antient Armour as it Existed in Europe, But Particularly in England, From the Norman Conquest to the Reign of Charles II, with A Glossary of Military Terms of the Middle Ages
3 Volumes, 1824, First Edition, Published by Robert Jennings for Robert Gale, folio, contemporary calf with tooled and gilt borders, gilt spines with raised bands, gilt edges, errata and direction for placing plates, 3 engraved titles, 10 engraved and 70 aquatint plates, the aquatints with tissue guards and hand-coloured and highlighted with gold & silver, 27 large hand-coloured historicized initials. Marbled end papers with ex libris.
Condition: Showing some occasional foxing. Bindings showing some wear, staining and marks. Some cracking to joints, particularly Vol. I. One tissue guard missing.
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Condition: Showing some occasional foxing. Bindings showing some wear, staining and marks. Some cracking to joints, particularly Vol. I. One tissue guard missing.
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