Guillim john 1565 1621 (3 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: Good. 2 vols. 12 x 20cm. Contemporary calf covers and later goatskin spines; numerous engravings. .Bookplate of G.A. Marsan, professeur de Jurisprudence, Université de Montréal.OCLC Number / Unique Identifier: 933099959.Wherin the antiquity, dignity and use of arms, in regard to the distinction, honour, and connection of families, are exhibited. Together with a copious explanation of the different atchievements, shields, eschocheons, and coat armours of every kind, in all the degrees of nobility, gentry, &c. Also the proper names and terms used in this instructive and pleasing science, alphabetically disposed. To which is added, a catalogue of above a thousand eminent families, foundations, sees, colleges, corporations, companies and societies, whose respective arms are made examples of bearing in these volumes. The whole comprehending an accurate abridgement of the last edition of Guillim. Illustrated with copper plates, by Samuel Kent. Vol. 1 lacks leaf I3. Running title: The banner display'd: or, Guillim abridg'd. "The method pursued . is the same as in The display, but the philosophical digressions are omitted, and above 3,000 coats inserted, with historical and genealogical accounts of the families therin mentioned." Moules' Bibliotheca heraldica xviii, 570 and ][2], 571-894pp. ..…