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Aikman, James |
An Account of the Tournament at Eglinton, : revised and corrected by several of the Knights. Illustrated by representations of the various scences, from Sketches taken on the spot, by Mr. W. Gordon; with a Biographical Notice of the Eglinton Family; to which is prefixed a Sketch of Chivalry
1839.
1st.
Hugh Paton, Carver and Gilder to Her Majesty the Queen.
Edinburgh.
xii 20 pages, 4to frontis with 6 b/w drawings of armour jousting etc.4 double-page hand-coloured plates The March to the Tilting Ground, The 3 of which show knights Tilting, The Tilting Ground, Knights Tilting, the Lord of the Tournament Tilting. The text has some page browning, the plates clean and colouring bright. Bookplate of Michael Moad to front paste down. Recently bound in green cloth with gilt title to the upper cover very good. Contemporary engraved armorial bookplate of William Hugh Logan. A fine contemporary record of the great re-enactment of a medieval joust and revel held that was held at Eglinton Castle in Scotland on Friday 30 August 1839.
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£265.00 |
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ANGELO |
The Reminiscences of Henry Angelo. With an Introduction by Lord Howard De Walden, and Notes and Memoir by H. Lavers Smith. Two Volumes
1904.
1st thus Edn,.
Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co Ltd.
xxvi - 438, xxvi - 447 pages, Top edge gilt pages uncut 2 volumes, small 4to., 68 plates reproduced from the original's drawings and prints many in colour from collection of Joseph Grego. limited to 1000 copies, bound in matching red cloth with gilt fencing scene to base of front board of each volume, a vg set. First published in 1830. The work gives an insight to the characters and the society of the time Angelo was the most distinguished member of a family of swordsmen and one of the fathers of modern fencing.
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£235.00 |
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AUCTION CATALOGUE |
Catalogue Of A Selected Portion Of The Renowned Collection Of Arms And Weapons Formed By Robert Curzon
10 November 1920.
Sothebys.
42 pages, 16 pages illus, 211 lots, paper covers, vg.
[373] |
£60.00 |
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AUCTION CATALOGUE |
Catalogue Of The Arms And Armour Collection Of The Late Lionel Frank McCardle
April & May 1971.
120 pages, small 4to., 105 plates. 999 lots to be sold by Wallis and Wallis, Pictorial card covers, vg.
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£15.00 |
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