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The Baronetage Of England: Containing A Genealogical and Historical Account of all the English Baronets Now Existing.... Illustrated with their Coats of Arms, curiously Engraven on Copper-Plates. ... and A Dictionary of Heraldry. In Four Volumes. (Vol.3 in 2 parts.)
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- Hardcover
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Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, Printed for Tho. Wotton, 1741 1st. Four volumes. Hardback, 8 x 5 inches. In full calf leather fine bindings, with decorative gilt panelled boards with crests to front and rear boards “A Deo Et Rege.” Raised banding and full gilt decorations to spines, with maroon and black leather spine labels. Full gilt page edges. In very good condition. Earlier repairs to bindings, all volumes rebacked and relaid on spines. Later endpapers in vol.3. Cloth reinforced inner hinges, in vols except v.3. Covers heavily rubbed, corners bumped and chipped. Inscriptions and mongram bookplates to endpapers “Lady Fleming” (and later inscription in vol.3. “Lady Harewood.”) Title pages a little tanned. Some occasional handling marks and minor foxing spots. Minor water stains to inner edges of plates in vol.3, (does not effect print). Else a very good set. 4 vols: vi + 546pp + Index (16 engraved plates of crests plus vignette); 417pp + Index. (22 engraved plates of crests numbered 17-37, plus vignette); 352pp + Index (42 engraved plates of crests numbered 38-77, plus Vignettes); 353-720pp + Index. (Pagination in vol.4 continues from vol.3, no plates in vol.4.)
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- Bookseller
- The Antique Map & Bookshop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 91768
- Title
- The Baronetage Of England: Containing A Genealogical and Historical Account of all the English Baronets Now Existing.... Illustrated with their Coats of Arms, curiously Engraven on Copper-Plates. ... and A Dictionary of Heraldry. In Four Volumes. (Vol.3 in 2 parts.)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London, Printed for Tho. Wotton, 1741 1st
- Keywords
- Heraldry / Family Histories/ Genealogy The Baronetage Of England, Genealogical and Historical, Illustrated, Coats of Arms, Engraven on Copper-Plates, Dictionary of Heraldry, Three Volumes, G. Woodfall, J., Fuller, E. Johnson, 1771, early, leather, tree
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- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
The Antique Map & Bookshop
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Dorchester, Dorset
About The Antique Map & Bookshop
The Antique Map & Bookshop was established in 1976 and has been in Puddletown since 1978. PUDDLETOWN is situated just outside DORCHESTER in the county of DORSET, on the A35 to BOURNEMOUTH. The village has a by-pass now which means there is easy access to the village and ample space for parking. Our shop is directly on the main road through the village.
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