Carter matt hew (2 Ergebnisse)

Full Leather. Zustand: Very Good binding. First Edition. 8vo.; in contemporary calf, lacking the spine, rebacked in japanese tissue; with engraved title page, and armorial frontispiece with the motto "A Posse, Ad Esse"; [8]. 88, 84, 87-171, [1] pages; with plates: "The Creation Robe of a Baron"; and six additional full page plates, with numerous in-text woodcut coats of a arms.~NOTE: This copy appears to have a catchword at the bottom of page 84 of The Analysis of Armory which has not been "caught" (we beg the reader's forbearance). ~~The First Edition of Matthew Carter's treatise on honor.~~~ (ESTC R209596.). Very Good binding.…

Hardcover. Zustand: g+. Second edition. 12mo. [10], 251, [1]pp. Modern half calf over beige cloth with gold lettering and ruling on spine. Engraved title page. The imprint has been re-engraved from the title plate of the 1655 edition. Decorative headpieces and initials. In this scarce edition of "Honor Redivivus," Matthew Carter, then in his Parliamentarian prison cell, gives a powerful essay on honor in general and of its particular divisions, and attacks the esoteric symbolism that did so much to discredit Renaissance heraldic writers. This work is complete with its seven striking plates of gentry in robes, and 40 armorial engravings in the text. Moderate age-toning and light and sporadic foxing throughout. Binding in overall very good, interior in good+ condition.…