GUILLIM, John (1550-1621). A Display of Heraldrie.

GUILLIM, John (1550-1621). A Display of Heraldrie: Manifesting A more easie accesse to the knowledge thereof than hath beene hitherto published by any, through the benefit of Method … The third Edition, Corrected and much enlarged by the Author himself in his life time: Together with his owne Addition of explaining the Termes of Hawking and Hunting, for the use and delight of Gentlemen. London: Printed by Thomas Cotes, for Jacob Blome, 1638 [Colophon: “Printed by Richard Badger, for Ralph Mab., 1632”]. Small folio bound in 4s (270 x 172mm). Woodcut device on title, woodcut illustrations and coats-of-arms including 9 nearly full-page, initials and ornaments, 3-pages of errata (“Additions to be inserted and Amendments”) at the end (corner of G1 torn away with some loss to verso, occasional mainly light browning, spotting and staining, some offsetting, a few darker rustholes and spots, pagination jumps from 226 to 237 [as usual] but signatures continuous (Ff[1]-[4], Gg[1]-[4]), with other faults in pagination, but collated complete, repair to corner of final blank). Contemporary calf (rebacked, rubbed and scuffed). Provenance: old inscription of Thomas Potter and signature of Christopher Johnson dated 1784 on front free endpaper; some modern pencil annotation; cropped old inscription at head of title; some old annotation to text; from the Library of the late Sir George Engle. Brunet II, 493 (citing the 6^th ed. of 1724): “… cet ouvrage estimé …”; STC 12503.