[Rarebooks] FS: Nisbet's 1718 primer on heraldry

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(HERALDRY) Nisbet, Alexander. AN ESSAY ON THE ANCIENT AND MODERN USE OF 
ARMORIES; Shewing their Origin, Definition, and Division of Them... The Method of 
Composing Them and Marshalling Many Coats Together in One Shield... To Which is 
Added, an Index Explaining the Terms of Blazon Made Use of in this Essay. 
Edinburgh: William Adams, Jr. 1718. 4to. vii,(7),224,(16)pp. Index. With 7 
copper-engraved plates, each with multiple heraldic illustrations. Contemporary 
paneled calf, front hinge cracked but holding fine.     $475.00 (trade discount 
allowed)

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