A critical inquiry into antient armour, : as it existed in Europe, but particularly in England, from the Norman Conquest to the reign of King Charles II. With a glossary of military terms of the Middle Ages. Illustrated with a series of richly coloured engravings. In three volumes. / By Samuel Rush Meyrick, ...
Sir Samuel Rush Meyrick (1783-1848)
Category
Books
Date
1832 - 1837
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3101227
Summary
Bibliographic description
3 v., LXXX plates (some col.) : ill. ; fol. Pencil inscription on front free endpaper verso in v. 1: "some plates highlighted in gold 3 vols 8/10/0". Provenance: Twentieth-century armorial bookplate, signed G.S. 24 [1924]: ‘Urban Huttleston Rogers Broughton’ [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Pencil inscription on front pastedown in v. 2: "UHRB 3 vols 1927 Anglesey Abbey" [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Binding: Nineteenth-century half red morocco, diced brown cloth over boards; recessed cords; gilt tooled spines, lettered direct (gilt tooled): 'Meyrick's Antient Armour' and 'Vol. I[-III].'; gilt top edges.
Makers and roles
Sir Samuel Rush Meyrick (1783-1848), author