EDWARD HAILSTONE'S COPY
The true use of arms. Reprinted from the original edition, 1592.
London.
John Gray Bell, 1853.
vii, [3], 42pp. With six engraved plates depicting coast of arms.
[Bound with:] ST. GEORGE, Sir Richard. The heraldic visitation of westmoreland, made in the year 1615. London. John Gray Bell, 1853.vi, [2], 57pp, [1]. Title in red and black.
[And:] Pedirgree of the family of scott, of stokoe. Reprinted from the original edition 1783, with introduction, continuation, &c. London. John Gray Bell, 1852. 47pp, [1].
8vo. Contemporary half-calf, tooled in gilt and blind, marbled paper boards, contrasting morocco lettering-piece, T.E.G., marbled endpapers. A trifle rubbed. Internally clean and crisp. Edward Hailstone's copy, with his gilt-tooled morocco bookplate to FEP.
[Bound with:] ST. GEORGE, Sir Richard. The heraldic visitation of westmoreland, made in the year 1615. London. John Gray Bell, 1853.vi, [2], 57pp, [1]. Title in red and black.
[And:] Pedirgree of the family of scott, of stokoe. Reprinted from the original edition 1783, with introduction, continuation, &c. London. John Gray Bell, 1852. 47pp, [1].
8vo. Contemporary half-calf, tooled in gilt and blind, marbled paper boards, contrasting morocco lettering-piece, T.E.G., marbled endpapers. A trifle rubbed. Internally clean and crisp. Edward Hailstone's copy, with his gilt-tooled morocco bookplate to FEP.
A coherent sammelband of three mid eighteenth-century reprints of works relating the heraldry, predominantly in northwestern England.
Provenance: Edward Hailstone (1818-1890), Yorkshire solicitor, antiquary, and bibliophile who, sceptical of the abilities of public libraries to properly preserve books, bequeathed his extensive library to the Dean's library, York Minster.
£ 250.00
Antiquates Ref: 34217
Provenance: Edward Hailstone (1818-1890), Yorkshire solicitor, antiquary, and bibliophile who, sceptical of the abilities of public libraries to properly preserve books, bequeathed his extensive library to the Dean's library, York Minster.
