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HOLME (RANDOLPH)
The Academy of Armory, or, a Storehouse of Armory and Blazon, FIRST EDITION, Chester, for the Author, 1688

4 December 2019, 11:00 GMT
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HOLME (RANDOLPH)

The Academy of Armory, or, a Storehouse of Armory and Blazon, FIRST EDITION, additional engraved decorative title, 3 engraved plates on 2 sheets (as in Huntington copy), numerous full-page engraved illustrations, short tear to final preliminary leaf, 2 small holes touching a couple of letters on final "To the Reader" leaf, additional title neatly re-inserted, some toning and spotting, modern panelled calf, gilt morocco lettering label, spine faded [ESTC R21065], folio (365 x 230mm.), Chester, for the Author, 1688

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The first edition of Holme's Academy of Armory, an "enormous compendium of knowledge, the most comprehensive heraldic encyclopaedia in early modern England" (British Library, website), is thought to be the first large work published in Chester, the author's home town.

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