Nov 11, 2008 - Sale 2162

Sale 2162 - Lot 74

Price Realized: $ 780
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
HAND-COLORED COPY (HERALDRY.) Guillim, John. The Display of Heraldry . . . Sixth Edition. 17 engraved portraits, 47 (of 48) heraldic plates, and a profusion of text woodcuts of arms, hand-colored throughout; lacks plate 64. [32], 20, 460; [4], 65, [1], 65-215, [1], 221-275, [1], 58, 24, [2] pages. Folio, 379x238 mm, contemporary calf gilt, spine ends chipped, joints cracked, cords intact; occasional minor offsetting or show-through from coloring, contents otherwise clean. 18th-century hand-colored armorial bookplate of Claude Crespigny of South Sea House. London: R. and J. Bonwicke et al., 1724