Illustrations to the Armorial General by J. B. Riestap 6 Volumes in 3

Published by Heraldry Today, 1967

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HARDBACK "RARELY AVAILABLE," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* THREE VOLUMES* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Date of Publication: 1967* Publisher: * Binding and cover condition: Professionally rebound to original appearance. Blue cloth, gilt titles to spines. No bumps or rubs, no visible faults. One small dent to front board of volume 3. FINE.* Jacket condition: No dust wrappers.* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPIES NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with little reading wear, a few neat annotation marks to text, some marks to end papers showing previous cellotape repairs & pre-rebind damage, one page in vol 3 rebound in. VG+* Description: Quarto - 28 cm x 21.5 cm; Unpaginated. Reproduced from the 1903 -1926 edition, this is the reprint (1000 copies) from 1967. The work took all of 23 years to complete with over 85,000 shields of Arms illustrating every Arms mentioned in the "Armorial General". 500 copies were printed in 1954 (Lyons) of which very few remain. In additon to the actual Arms illustrations, Volume I contains a preface, key to English, German, Spanish and Italian texts with a 7 page illustrated guide to the vocabulary of armorial design and layout with a one page Table of Abbreviations. In Volume 1, (I & II, A-F) there are 742 plates with 56 Arms per plate with the exception of the plates that are at the end or beginning of a particular letter sequence . Volume 2, (III & IV, G-O) has 694 plates with 56 Arms per plate with the same exception as noted above. Volume 3, (V & VI, P-Z) has 594 plates with 56 Arms per plate with the same exception. The working text is in French.* NEAR FINE REBOUND copies with ONLY MINOR FAULTS reducing them to VG+. No dust jackets.* 1967-01-01.…

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Title
Illustrations to the Armorial General by J. B. Riestap 6 Volumes in 3
Author
Rolland, J.B. Riestap, V & H. V
Publisher
Heraldry Today
Publication year
1967
Condition
VG++/F/ND
Binding
Hardcover
Edition
y First Edition
Seller catalogs
Armorial Bearings, Genealogy, Heraldry

Cocksparrow Books

Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom

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Cocksparrow Books is a small on-line second hand book store selling for the last 25 years following the closure of our small bookshop in Wadhurst, East Sussex. We specialise in non-fiction and hard to find titles in a number of fields. We also sell early impression fiction in VG condition avoiding more recent best sellers and airport editions. Our condition notes are as detailed as possible to allow purchasers to fully appreciate what they can expect when they buy. We are open to queries and will do our best to respond quickly to text messages and e-mails. Our offerings may not be the cheapest but if you are looking for a positive outcome to a purchase on-line, do consider ordering from us.…

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