Mar 07, 2019 - Sale 2501

Sale 2501 - Lot 105

Price Realized: $ 1,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
(HERALDRY.) Legh, Gerard. The Accedence of Armorie. Title within woodcut historiated border; profusion of woodcut coats of arms and other illustrations in text with sporadic hand-coloring. [9], 232, [3] leaves. 8vo, 152x106 mm, modern sheep, spine ends worn, covers detached; intermittent marginal soiling and dampstaining, title trimmed entering border (possibly supplied?), later owner's note in ink on verso of G8, showing through on recto, blank corner off Y1. (London: Richard Tottill, 31 December 1562)

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first edition of a manual of heraldry in dialogue form with extensive biblical and historical digressions. A version of the story of King Lear and his daughters appears on leaves 164v-166r. Luborsky & Ingram/STC 15391; Moule XVII.