Inquiry Into Armour

MEYRICK, S.R. A Critical Inquiry into Ancient Armour, as it existed in Europe, but particularly in England, from the Norman Conquest to the Reign of King Charles II, with a Glossary of Military Terms of the Middle Ages. London, G. Schulzefor Robert Jenningssold by John Gale, 1824.
First edition of a beautifully illustrated and illuminated survey of the arms and armour of knights from the 11th till the 17th century. At the end an extensive dictionary of military terms, with explanation and sources.
Fine copy in rich colouring and luxurious binding.
Lipperheide 2093 (2nd ed. of 1842, with the same number of plates).

3 vols. Folio. Contemporary full black morocco, spines ribbed and richly gilt, with richly gilt borders on sides, gilt inner fillets, g.e. With 3 steelengraved titles with large vignet by C. Heath after R. Bridgens, 3 printed titles, 27 large historiated and illuminated initials, richly hand coloured and heightened with gold, 10 engraved plates with illustrations of details of arms and armour, and 70 engraved plates, richly coloured by hand and heightened with gold, of knights in armour on horseback, by R. Bridgens after the author. LXXVII, 206; 297; 147, (135) pp.

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MEYRICK, Samuel Rush. CRITICAL INQUIRY INTO ANTIENT ARMOUR; as it existed in Europe, but particularly in England, from the Norman Conquest to the reign of King Charles II: With a Glossary of Military Terms of the Middle Ages. In Three Volumes. London Jennings 1824

Folio, re-bound in later three-quarter red morocco with original spine laid down; spine lettered & decorated in gilt3 engraved titles with vignettes by C. Heath after R. Bridgens; 80 full page engraved plates including 70 hand-coloured illustrations; highly decorative chapter initials, hand coloured and heightened in gold. A Fine Set. First Edition

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MEYRICK, Samuel Rush. A critical inquiry into ancient armour, as it existed in Europe, but particularly in England, from the Norman Conquest to the reign of King Charles II: with a glossary of military terms of the middle ages. Jennings, London, 1824.

First edition. 3 volumes, folio, illustrated with 80 engraved plates, 70 hand-coloured, chapter initials coloured and heightened with gold, title pages foxed, occasional light spotting to text, plates clean, nineteenth century black half morocco, neat restoration to joints and extremities, a very good set. An even greater work [than The Costume of the Original Inhabitants of the British Isles], on the title-page of which Colonel Smith's name does not appear, but which is in reality hardly less indebted to him, is Sir Samuel Meyrick's Critical Inquiry ... the greater part of the coloured plates were copied from Colonel Hamilton Smith's drawings. (Martin Hardie). Hardie p.155.

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Meyrick, Samuel Rush. A critical inquiry into antient armour as it existed in Europe, but particularly in England, from the Norman conquest to the reign of King Charles II, with a glossary of military terms of the middles ages. London, Robert Jennings, 1824.
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EA. First edition. 3 Bde. Folio. Mit 3 gest. Titelbl., 81 Tafeln (davon 70 handkol., 25 Tafeln m. Gold), 27 kol. Initialen. Rot. Halbleder. Vergold. Rückentitel, Rücken-und Deckelvergold. Kopfgoldschnitt. Red half calf. Gilt title on spine, gilt images on back and boards. top edge gilt. Etw. ber. u. best., Rü. aufgehellt. Tls. stockfl. Schöne dekorative Ausgabe. Slightly rubbed and bumped. Partly foxed. Very nice copy.

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