Author: MACKENZIE, GEORGE
Title: Observations Upon the Laws and Customs of Nations As to Precedency. [Bound with] the Science of Herauldry, Treated As Part of the CIVIL Law, and Law of Nations: Wherein Reasons Are Given for Its Principles, and Etymologies for Its Harder Terms
Description: Edinburgh: The Heir of Andrew Anderson, Printer to His Most Sacred Majesty, 1680. First Edition. Brown hardback contemporary calf cover. 310mm x 210mm (12" x 8"). 16pp, 92pp; 10pp, 102pp + index. B/w illustrations. First volume lacks frontispiece engraving; Second volume with engraved title and 29 [of 30] plates. Heraldic bookplates of James Montgomery Byng Wright of Auchinellan 'Spes tutissima coelis'.. G: in good condition in scuffed and partially browned patterned slipcase. Re-backed with modern spine, corners and new eps. Age toning to page ends. Occasional staining to top edge. Repairs to plates and pages 101-2 and final page in facsimile. Heraldic book-plates on paste-down and verso of title page. Inserts attached to rear paste-down .

Keywords: Heraldry 1650 - 1750 Antiquarian Law


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