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Historic devices, badges and war-cries by Mrs Bury Palliser, a first edition copy, offering a review of historic badges and devices of many historic families
Historic devices, badges and war-cries by Mrs Bury Palliser, a first edition copy, offering a review of historic badges and devices of many historic families
Historic devices, badges and war-cries by Mrs Bury Palliser, a first edition copy, offering a review of historic badges and devices of many historic families
Historic devices, badges and war-cries by Mrs Bury Palliser, a first edition copy, offering a review of historic badges and devices of many historic families

PALLISER, Mrs Bury

Historic devices, badges, and war-cries

London, Sampson Low, Son & Marston, 1870,

$205.00
$205.00

Historic devices, badges, and war-cries

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This delightful book, abundantly illustrated, reviews the historic badges and devices of many families and organisations and includes a table in the back listing the main devices and mottoes. Devices and badges form a branch of heraldic study rarely appreciated and the author offers her opinions on the origins of these symbols along with archaeological, mythical and historical information. The book is in three parts with part one dealing with devices, part two deals with badges and part three deals with "War Cries,".

First edition; 8vo (235 x 160mm); brown endpapers, title, several in-line illustrations; quarter-bound in leather over cloth, gilt title to spine, gilt top-edge, others untrimmed, boards are sunned, very good; [4], 436pp.

Stock code 121659

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Historic devices, badges and war-cries by Mrs Bury Palliser, a first edition copy, offering a review of historic badges and devices of many historic families

Historic devices, badges, and war-cries

$205.00
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