Lot 418
Heraldry.- [Milles (Thomas)] The Catalogue of Honor, first edition, with leaf 3S4 intact, handsome later red morocco, gilt, William Jaggard, 1610.
Hammer Price: £1,700
Description
Heraldry.- [Milles (Thomas)] The Catalogue of Honor, first edition, engraved architectural title by Renold Elstracke, woodcut head-pieces and initials, 9 engraved illustrations, 2 full-page, numerous woodcut coats-of-arms throughout, lacking blanks A1 & 2V8, title lightly soiled, trimmed and tipped into blank leaf (?A1), with 3S4 intact and 3 column errata at end, 5X3 defective at upper outer corner up to border (repaired), one or two spots but a remarkably clean copy, later engraved bookplate of Chas. E.H.Chadwyck Healey, handsome later red morocco ruled and tooled in gilt, spine gilt in compartments with six raised bands, g.e., gilt floral turn-ins, a few spots to lower cover, very slightly rubbed at edges, small nick to fore-edge of upper cover, folio, [STC 17926], folio, William Jaggard, 1610.
⁂ A very fine copy and complete with 3S4 intact, which has frequently been mutilated to excise reference of Charles Blount's illegitimate children.
Description
Heraldry.- [Milles (Thomas)] The Catalogue of Honor, first edition, engraved architectural title by Renold Elstracke, woodcut head-pieces and initials, 9 engraved illustrations, 2 full-page, numerous woodcut coats-of-arms throughout, lacking blanks A1 & 2V8, title lightly soiled, trimmed and tipped into blank leaf (?A1), with 3S4 intact and 3 column errata at end, 5X3 defective at upper outer corner up to border (repaired), one or two spots but a remarkably clean copy, later engraved bookplate of Chas. E.H.Chadwyck Healey, handsome later red morocco ruled and tooled in gilt, spine gilt in compartments with six raised bands, g.e., gilt floral turn-ins, a few spots to lower cover, very slightly rubbed at edges, small nick to fore-edge of upper cover, folio, [STC 17926], folio, William Jaggard, 1610.
⁂ A very fine copy and complete with 3S4 intact, which has frequently been mutilated to excise reference of Charles Blount's illegitimate children.