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  • Heraldry.- Nisbet (Alexander) An Essay on the Ancient and Modern Use of Armories, Edinburgh, William Adams Junior, for Mr. James MackEuen, 1718.
    May. 11, 2023

    Heraldry.- Nisbet (Alexander) An Essay on the Ancient and Modern Use of Armories, Edinburgh, William Adams Junior, for Mr. James MackEuen, 1718.

    Est: £200 - £300

    Heraldry.- Nisbet (Alexander) An Essay on the Ancient and Modern Use of Armories, 7 engraved plates, list of subscribers, bookplate of James Whatman, later ink ownership inscription of Samuel J. Howard to pastedown, a2 with small hole affecting pagination, some browning or light foxing, a few instances of ink marginalia to Table at end, 19th century calf, spine gilt and with red morocco labels, rubbed, covers detached, 4to, Edinburgh, William Adams Junior, for Mr. James MackEuen, 1718.

    Forum Auctions - UK
  • Nisbet, Alexander
    Feb. 14, 2018

    Nisbet, Alexander

    Est: £250 - £350

    Nisbet, Alexander A System of Heraldry... Edinburgh: J. MackEuen, 1722. Folio, 33 plates (one torn, not affecting engraved area), contemporary panelled calf, joints splitting, some spotting and browning; Abercromby, Patrick The Martial Achievements of the Scots Nation. Edinburgh: Robert Freebairn, 1711. 2 volumes, 4to, contemporary panelled calf, bookplate of Lord Prestongrange, some wear to joints, some browning; Madox, Thomas Baronia Anglica... London: Francis Gosling, 1741. Folio, contemporary calf, rebacked, bookplates (4)

    Lyon & Turnbull
  • Nisbet (Alexander).
    Jul. 20, 2016

    Nisbet (Alexander).

    Est: £200 - £300

    Nisbet (Alexander). A System of Heraldry, Speculative and Practical: with the True Art of Blazon, according to the most approved Heralds in Europe..., 2 vols., new edition, Edinburgh & London, 1816, fifty-two engraved plates (including frontispieces), two short closed tears and small hole to one plate in vol. 1, occasional browning, offsetting and scattered spotting, all edges gilt & marbled, mid 19th century light brown calf by Henderson & Bisset, elaborate gilt decoration to spines and board borders, morocco spine labels, folio A handsome set. (2)

    Dominic Winter Auctions
  • Nisbet, Alexander
    Jan. 11, 2012

    Nisbet, Alexander

    Est: £250 - £350

    Nisbet, Alexander A system of heraldry, speculative and practical. Edinburgh: J. Mackeuen, 1722-42. 2 volumes, folio, titles printed in red and black, 51 engraved plates, contemporary mottled calf gilt, marbled endpapers, some patches of wear to boards, hinges cracking; and another 2 volumes (4)

    Lyon & Turnbull
  • Nisbet Alexander
    May. 16, 2008

    Nisbet Alexander

    Est: £150 - £200

    Nisbet, Alexander A system of heraldry. Edinburgh: W. Blackwood, 1816, 2 volumes, folio, engraved frontispiece and 51 plates, original cloth-backed boards, uncut, lacking final leaf of volume 2 (supplied in facsimile), slightly rubbed; [Ibid.] Alexander Nisbet's heraldic plates. Edinburgh, 1892, 4to, number 134 of 200 copies, plates, original buckram gilt, spine lightly faded (3)

    Lyon & Turnbull
  • Nisbet, Alexander
    Feb. 08, 2006

    Nisbet, Alexander

    Est: £150 - £250

    Nisbet, Alexander A system of heraldry speculative and practical with the true art of blazon. Edinburgh: J. MackEuen, 1722 [volume 2 by R. Fleming, 1742]. First edition, 2 volumes, folio, title-pages in red and black, 45 engraved armorial plates, modern half calf, cloth boards, endpapers renewed, some marginal annotations in a contemporary hand, tears to the margins of p. 140 in volume 1 and p. 219 in volume 2, neither with loss of text. Note: Moule 464. The second volume, issued in 1742 by the Edinburgh printer R. Fleming, contains only mutilated extracts from Nisbets manuscripts. According to Professor Walker (Legal history of Scotland, volume 5, p. 27) it is still an authoritative work.

    Lyon & Turnbull
  • Nisbet, Alexander
    Feb. 08, 2006

    Nisbet, Alexander

    Est: £100 - £150

    Nisbet, Alexander An essay on the ancient and modern use of armories. Edinburgh: William Adams, 1718. First edition, 4to., 7 engraved plates of arms, modern quarter morocco, marbled boards, slight paper discolouration throughout. Note: Moule 436 Provenance: Loosely inserted is an autograph letter from Andrew Ross, Bute Pursuivant, Marchmont Herald and later Ross Herald.

    Lyon & Turnbull
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