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.
