Book Description

GROSE, Francis. A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, Illustrated by Plates taken from the Original Armour in the Tower of London, and other Arsenals, Museums and Cabinets. [2], vi, 7-118, xviii, [2]pp., engraved frontispiece, engraved title-page and 48 numbered plates. The plate list calls for 49 plates, and this plate 49 is printed within the text on page 118. A good copy bound in contemporary calf, expertly rebacked , and corners neatly repaired. Some foxing as usual but most restricted to the tissue guard sheets. With the contemporary signature of Herny Wm. Bunbury, and armorial book-plate of Henry Edward Bunbury. 4to. printed for S. Hooper. 1786.
Author Grose, Francis.
Date 1786

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