(BLOME, Richard.) .

An Essay to Heraldry in Two Parts: the First Containing (in a Concise butMethodical Method, by Rules and Explanations of Bearings) the Body ofHeraldry; the Second, Honour Civil and Military, Being a Treatise of theNobility and Gentry of England, as to Their Priviledges, Dignities, &c.,According to the Laws and Customs of Our Realm. The whole illustrated witha variety of apt and proper sculptures, for the better explanation thereof.

Printed by T.B. for Rich. Blome, London: 1684. First edition of a standard work that was published three more times under the title The Art of Heraldry (1685, 1693, 1730). Wing B-3211. OCLC locates six copies (UCLA, Library of Congress, Duke, Yale, London Library, Queen's University). Small 8vo. (8), 243 [i.e., 259], (13) pp. 19th-century half-leather and marbled boards (rubbed), gilt rules and leather label on spine, all edges red; trimmed close in binding, barely touching a few running heads and shoulder notes. Still a solid copy.

• USD 350.00 > other currencies
• ordernr.: 46373

• bookseller: Bartleby's Books (USA)