Lot 325
  • 325

Wyrley, William

Estimate
1,500 - 2,000 USD
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Description

  • The true use of armorie, shewed by historie, and plainly proved by example:.. London: J. Jackson for G. Cawood, 1592
  • Paper, Ink, Leather
4to (175 x 125 mm). Title printed within type-ornament border, woodcut arms in the text; faint spotting to last two leaves only. Late nineteenth-century green roan, gilt; some rubbing along joints.

Provenance

Philip Bliss's copy (with his notes) — Lord Aldenham (bookplate) — and Eric Sexton (bookplate)

Literature

STC 26062

Catalogue Note

first edition. A scarce work notable for the long verse in the style of Mirror for Magistrates that follows the first 28 pages.