Holme (Randle) The Academy of Armory or A Storehouse of Armory and Blazon, first edition, additional engraved title, 3 engraved plates (on 2 leaves), engraved whole-page illustrations, woodcut end-pieces and ornaments, general letter from author laid down to front and rear pastedowns, *2? mis-bound after **4, small marginal tape repair to verso **4, a few leaves with small marginal defects (Q1-2, 2Q3), some touching text with slight loss (L3, 3K), 3F1-2 slightly soiled, occasional browning and spotting, rear endpaper defective, contemporary calf, upper joint cracked and worn but holding firm, [Wing H2513], Chester, for the author, 1688; Jeayes (I. H., editor) The Academy of Armory, additional pictorial title, browned, title in black and red, black and white illustrations, contemporary morocco-backed boards, scuffed, for the Roxburghe Club, 1095; and another related, v.s. (3)

⁂ In 1688, although presenting a full table of contents, the second half of the total work is described as 'ready for press', and was in fact, never printed. A unique extant copy in the Royal Library at Windsor contains 191 pages of this unprinted section, and these were published by the Roxburghe Club in 1905; they include Liber III, ch. 14-21 and Liber IV, ch. 4-13 (the first 3 chapters being lost). Regarding the 1688 edition, no dedication page recorded for the work, yet lettering suggestive of a dedication on the verso of the author's letter to the reader, laid down to the pastedowns is partially visible; 'To... James, Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwall....'. James Stuart, later known as the 'Old Pretender' was born in June 1688 and both titles were bestowed upon him before deposition of his father James II later that year. It is conceivable a dedication celebrating the new royal birth, perhaps printed during the summer of 1688, was later removed before issue to the public in light of growing anti-Stuart sentiment or as a result of the official publication date being after the deposition itself.