NISBET Alexander
A System of Heraldry Speculative and Practical with the True Art of Blazon According to the Most Approved Heralds in Europe- in Two Volumes
Printed by and for Alex Lawrie and Co. et al, 1804. 2nd edn. 2 vols. 4to (13¾ x 8¼ ins). Contemporary full calf, spines gilt tooled in six compartments with contrasting labels, boards with elaborate gilt tooled borders and edges (some chafing on boards and at edges - otherwise a VG set). Pp. [iv] + viii + 440 + xxii + [2] blank [&] [vi] + xvi + 191 + 300 + 49 + [3] blank, vol I illus with engraved frontispiece, 11 engraved plates in text and 24 at rear and vol II with 5 plates in text and 11 at rear, and some engravings in text of both vols (no inscriptions). .

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