Meyrick, Samuel Rush
A General Inquiry into Antient Armour
£1,512
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 21 September 2023 at 10:00 BST
Description
As it existed in Europe, but particularly in England, from the Norman Conquest to the Reign of King Charles II. [Together with:] Engraved Illustrations of Antient Arms and Armour, from the Collection of Llewelyn Meyrick, at Goodrich Court, Herefordshire; after the Drawings, and with the Descriptions of Dr. Meyrick, by Joseph Skelton. London: printed by G. Schulze, for Robert Jennings [-for J. Skelton], 1824-30. 5 volumes, folio (38 x 27cm), contemporary red crushed half morocco gilt by Howell of Liverpool, top edges gilt, half-title and etched additional title-page to each volume, A General Inquiry (volumes 1-3) with 10 etched plates, 70 hand-coloured aquatint plates with tissue-guards, numerous hand-coloured historiated initials heighted in gold or silver, errata leaf with directions to the binder on verso, bookplates (Messenger family), etched plates offset, a few aquatint plates offset through tissue-guards, volume 2 quire Y with repaired closed tears in margins, Engraved Illustrations (volumes 4-5) with 2 etched frontispieces, engraved portrait, 150 etched plates, bookplates (R. J. Wiginton and Bramley B. Kent), plates generally spotted, plate 138 repaired in margin