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Record Nr.

UNISA996389581403316

Autore

Holme Randle <1627-1699.>

Titolo

The academy of armory, or, A store-house of armory and blazon [[electronic resource] ] : containing the several variety of created beings, and how born in coats of arms, both foreign and domestick : with the instruments used in all trades and sciences, together with their terms of art : also the etymologies, definitions, and historical observations on the same, explicated and explained according to our modern language : very useful for all gentlemen, scholars, divines, and all such as desire any knowledge in arts and sciences / / by Randle Holme of the city of Chester, gentleman sewer in extraordinary to His Late Majesty King Charles the Second, and sometimes deputy to the King of Arms

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Printed for the author, and are to be sold by Richard Chiswell, at the Rose and Crown in St. Paul's Church-yard, MDCXCIII. [1693]

Descrizione fisica

3 v. : ill

Soggetti

Armor

Weapons

Heraldry - Great Britain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Added engraved t.p. signed: P. Edwards Sculp.

Books 2 and 3 have half-titles, separate pagination and register.

Pagination: [14], 107, [9]; [2], 488; [2], 501, [1] p., [1] leaf.

Includes indexes.

A chart is inserted between pp. 414 and 415 in book three, with instructions to the binder.

Stained, with some loss of text.

Reproduction of original in: University of Liverpool.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0168