Findlater alex maxwell (3 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Very good. No Jacket. Colour plates; 112pp. folio orig. blue cloth.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. 1st Edition. Two Volumes Complete, hardcovers in red cloth with gilt armorials on front boards with gilt titles to spine, previous owner's bookplate on front end paper, signed and inscribed by author on title page of volume 1 and flat signed on title page of volume 2, Fine condition. First edition, pp 394, 372, colour plates throughout volume one, appendices, index. Signed and Inscribed by Author. …

Cloth. Condizione: Fine. First edition. The signed first edition of a fascinating record of heraldic coats of arms from sixteenth century Europe, including nobility, royalty and legendary figures such as the Nine Worthies. The signed first edition of The Armorial of Sir David Lyndsay of Mount, a fascinating record of heraldic coats of arms across Western Europe in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, written by genealogical and heraldic researcher Alex Maxwell Findlater. Published by The Heraldry Society of Scotland in 2018. Two volumes, a complete set.In the publisher's original decorative red cloth, with Findlater's signature to the title leaf of both volumes. Volume I contains one hundred and thirty two colour plates, including facsimiles and folios. Collated complete.Scarce, with the print running only two hundred and fifty copies.A very significant, yet underestimated work, Lyndsay's armorial is both extensive and highly informative, containing numerous different coats of arms and records on knights, nobility, and kings, including mythical figures like Prester John and the legendary Nine Worthies. Volume I contains an introduction, appendices, and the colour plates of the coats of arms themselves, while volume II contains further elaborated information on the particular folios. In the publisher's original decorative red cloth. Externally, in excellent condition, with bright clean boards and minimal marks. End papers are bright and clean. Previous owner's bookplate to the front paste down of both volumes. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Fine. Various (illustratore). signed by author. book.…