National Art Library, Victoria and Albert Museum: Classed Catalogue of Printed Books: Heraldry.
by PALMER, G. H. (Preface by)
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- Hardcover
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- Seller
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Hay-on-Wye, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
1901. Printed For His Majesty's Stationary Office. (HMSO). London. 1901. Illustrated with 16 plates at rear. Slim 8vo. Very handsomely bound in half green calf, gilt. Gilt decorations to spine compartments and marbled boards. Extremities rubbed. Armorial bookplate to front pastedown. Pages slightly browned otherwise a lovely copy of a scarce bibliography on heraldry.
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- Bookseller
- Addyman Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 80161
- Title
- National Art Library, Victoria and Albert Museum: Classed Catalogue of Printed Books: Heraldry.
- Author
- PALMER, G. H. (Preface by)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Date Published
- 1901
- Keywords
- GENEALOGY heraldry bibliography reference
- Bookseller catalogs
- GENEALOGY;
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Marbled boards
- ...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...