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A Suit of Armour for Youth
Grimaldi, Stacey · London
- Author
- Grimaldi, Stacey
- Date
- 1824
- Place
- London
- Publisher
- The Proprietor
- Language
- English
- Binding
- 12mo.(4" x 7") Quarter brown leather with small corners over marbled boards, fancy blindstamp rule to all leather edges. Spine with gilt rule bands with gilt title to red leather in second panel, gilt florl device centered to each other panel, gilt rule to head and foot of spine. Edgewear, corners bumped and rubbed with minor loss to tips, head and foot of spine rubbed with small loss of color, hinges and boards rubbed, scuffed. Minor foxing present. Illustrated with engraved frontispiece and 11 engraved plates, each with a moveable flap overlay showing an engraved symbolic piece of armor. The engraved frontispiece with a small 1/8" ink spot between its legs. An interesting book, the first flaps we've seen not in a medical book. manuscript gift inscription in four lines neatly in old ink to the first free flyleaf dated June 19th 1824.
- Format
- Engraved frontispiece, 11 engraved plates, each with a moveable flap overlay showing a symbolic piece of armor.
- Category
- Science & Medicine
- Record
- S.I.7651
A Suit of Armour for Youth
Author: (Grimaldi, Stacey) (18 October 1790 – 28 March 1863)
12mo.(4" x 7")1824.(Grimaldi, Stacey). London. The Proprietor. Quarter brown leather with small corners over marbled boards, fancy blindstamp rule to all leather edges. Spine with gilt rule bands with gilt title to red leather in second panel, gilt floral device centered to each other panel, gilt rule to head and foot of spine. Edgewear, corners bumped and rubbed with minor loss to tips, head and foot of spine rubbed with small loss of color, hinges and boards rubbed, scuffed. Minor foxing present. Illustrated with engraved frontispiece and 11 engraved plates, each with a moveable flap overlay showing an engraved symbolic piece of armor. The engraved frontispiece with a small 1/8" ink spot between its legs. An interesting book, the first flaps we've seen not in a medical book. manuscript gift inscription in four lines neatly in old ink to the first free flyleaf dated June 19th 1824. Engraved frontispiece, 11 engraved plates, each with a moveable flap overlay showing a symbolic piece of armor.
From Wiki: Stacey Grimaldi (18 October 1790 – 28 March 1863), was an English lawyer and antiquary.
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