1902 Some Feudal Coats of Arms from Heraldic Rolls 1298-1418 Foster 830 etchings

Some Feudal Coats of Arms from Heraldic Rolls 1298-1418

illustrated with 830 Zinco Etchings from Effigies, Brasses and Coats of Arms

by Joseph Foster

Pub. James Parker & Co., London, 1902.

First edition.

Hardback, original cloth.

[xxvii] + 268 pages,illustrated.

The author states in the Preface, that the book "is primarily a collection, from the Heraldic Rolls, of the names, with the personal insignia displayed on their banners or vestments, of the combatants at the battle of Falkirk, 1298, and at the siege of Carlaverock, 1300, at the tournaments of Dunstable in 1308 and 1344, at the battle of Boroughbridge, 1322, or at the siege of Calais, 1345-8, and before Rouen, 1418."

Very detailed illustrations.

Reprints of this title are common, but the original edition is harder to find in this condition.

Condition: good, rebacked with original backstrip laid down, clean internally, ex-library plates to pastedowns & embossed stamp to titlepage; two loose pages.