By Arthur Charles Fox-Davies
London   Thomas Nelson and Sons
9.5" by 7" xii, 647pp
A copiously illustrated volume detailing the history of heraldry by Arthur Charles-Fox Davies.
By Arthur Charles Fox-Davies

1954 Complete Guide to Heraldry Arthur Charles Fox-Davies

London   Thomas Nelson and Sons
9.5" by 7" xii, 647pp
A copiously illustrated volume detailing the history of heraldry by Arthur Charles-Fox Davies.
£49.00
: 3kgs / : 823B42

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Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding, With Dustwrapper

Re-print of this guide that was first published in 1909 and reprinted with revision in 1949, 1950, 1951 and 1954. 

Heraldry has been termed the 'shorthand of history' and is the system of visual identification of rank and pedigree which developed in the Middle Ages in Europe. Within this richly illustrated volume, Arthur Charles Fox-Davies details this history. 

Illustrated by nearly eight-hundred designs, mainly from drawings by Graham Johnston, who was herald painter to the Lyon Court. 

In the original clipped dustwrapper.

Condition

In the publisher's original decorative cloth binding. Externally, smart with some light marks to the head of the spine. Front hinge is starting but remains firm. There is a sticker to the front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. In the original clipped dustwrapper which has some marks and fading to the wraps and joints.

Very Good

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