Lot 33

Moule (Thomas) [Heraldry notebook], autograph manuscript, a few manuscripts and illustrations pasted down or loosely inserted, later half morocco, gilt, 1841.

 

Hammer Price: £1,000

Description

Moule (Thomas, antiquary, bibliographer, and topographer, 1784-1851) [Heraldry notebook], autograph manuscript, c. 460pp., a few manuscripts and illustrations pasted down or loosely inserted, slightly browned throughout, bookplates on later endpapers, later half morocco, gilt, sm. 4to, 1841.

⁂ Items include: "Helmet"; "Official Badges"; "Marks of Merchants"; "Coronets" etc.

"Moule's... writings on heraldry have continued to be of value, in particular Bibliotheca heraldica Magnae Britanniae (1822), which, despite a few errors and omissions, remains the only bibliography of British books on heraldry and genealogy published up to 1821; a facsimile edition was published in 1966." - Oxford DNB.

Description

Moule (Thomas, antiquary, bibliographer, and topographer, 1784-1851) [Heraldry notebook], autograph manuscript, c. 460pp., a few manuscripts and illustrations pasted down or loosely inserted, slightly browned throughout, bookplates on later endpapers, later half morocco, gilt, sm. 4to, 1841.

⁂ Items include: "Helmet"; "Official Badges"; "Marks of Merchants"; "Coronets" etc.

"Moule's... writings on heraldry have continued to be of value, in particular Bibliotheca heraldica Magnae Britanniae (1822), which, despite a few errors and omissions, remains the only bibliography of British books on heraldry and genealogy published up to 1821; a facsimile edition was published in 1966." - Oxford DNB.

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