Lot 40
Heraldry.- [Shields & Crests], manuscript, [c. 1670s].
Hammer Price: £2,100
Description
Heraldry.- [Shields & Crests], manuscript in at least 2 Secretary hands, 119pp. excluding blanks & 8pp. index at end, c. 590 pen and ink drawings of shields and crests, some staining, heavy in places mainly towards end, 4ff. brittle and torn with some loss, some other tears, browned engraved bookplate of Sir George Nayler Garter on front pastedown, original half calf, worn, lower cover detached, folio, [c. 1670s].
⁂ Variously dated in text from 16th and 17th centuries, but with a large coat of arms at beginning of Sir Humphrey Hooke of King's Weston near Bristol, died in 1677.
Description
Heraldry.- [Shields & Crests], manuscript in at least 2 Secretary hands, 119pp. excluding blanks & 8pp. index at end, c. 590 pen and ink drawings of shields and crests, some staining, heavy in places mainly towards end, 4ff. brittle and torn with some loss, some other tears, browned engraved bookplate of Sir George Nayler Garter on front pastedown, original half calf, worn, lower cover detached, folio, [c. 1670s].
⁂ Variously dated in text from 16th and 17th centuries, but with a large coat of arms at beginning of Sir Humphrey Hooke of King's Weston near Bristol, died in 1677.
