[Rarebooks] FS: The "best edition" of Guillim's A Display of Heraldry. London: 1724

[Kenneth Karmiole]

(HERALDRY) Guillim, John. A DISPLAY OF HERALDRY. The Sixth Edition. Improv'd with Large Additions of Many Hundred Coats of Arms... With Proper Tables to the Whole. London: T. W. for R. and J. Bonwicke et al. 1724. Lg. folio (15-1/2" tall). (12),460,(4),275,(1),58,24,(22)pp. Double column text. Index. Profusely illustrated with a frontispiece, 17 fine engraved portraits, and 48 plates of arms. Text illustrated with thousands of woodcut arms, crests, etc., etc. Orig. calf, rebacked, spine ornately gilt.  Extremities a bit rubbed but quite sound. A few signatures of text lightly browned.                   $1,250.00 (trade discount allowed)
This 1724 edition is the final 18th century folio edition, and is called the "best edition" by Lowndes for all of its additional text & plates.
Kenneth Karmiole, Bookseller, Inc.
1239A Third Street Promenade
Santa Monica, CA 90401
310-451-4342
kkarmiole at yahoo.com