THE CURIOSITIES OF HERALDRY BY MARK LOWER 1845 ROGER DE COVERLY FINE BINDING
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[LOWER, Mark Antony]. The Curiosities of Heraldry. With Illustrations from Old English Writers. With Numerous Wood Engravings from Designs by the Author. London: Published by John Russell Smith, MDCCCXLV. [1845].
First edition. Leather-bound. Hardcover. Octavo (230 x 140 x 30 mm.). Pp. xvi, 319. English text. Handsomely bound by Roger de Coverly in half morocco. Spine gilt. Marbled paper-covered boards. Top edge gilt, other edges uneven. Marbled endpapers. Engraved half-title present. Title-page vignette. Numerous in text illustrations. Head- and tail-pieces. Extensive printed footnotes. Appendices. Printed by C. and J. Adlard. Condition: VERY GOOD. Binding tight and secure, the hinges intact. Covers clean and very well-preserved. Interior largely fresh and clean with a hint of foxing to endpapers. Private owner bookplate to front pastedown.