Heraldry.- Bossewell (John) Workes of armorie, deuyded into three bookes, entituled, the concordes of armorie, the armorie of honor, and of coates and creastes, first edition, mostly black letter, title within sectional woodcut typographic border, woodcut arms, crests and figures, a few with early hand-colouring, final 2 ff. (E1&2) from second edition (but text identical to the first edition), D1 small section of outer margin cut away, 2D4 small repair to lower inner corner, final E2 torn with loss to lower blank corner and laid down, stained, occasional spotting, lightly browned, 19th century calf, gilt, spine in compartments and with red leather label, upper joint cracking, but holding firm, rubbed and scuffed, [STC 3393], small 4to, Richard Totell, 1572.

⁂ 'an example of the sort of learning that delighted Tudor antiquarians' (ODNB).

Provenance: Rogers Ruding (1751-1820), English cleric, academic, and numismatist, author of the Annals of the Coinage (engraved armorial bookplate and probably his note to front free endpaper pointing out that text of second edition does not differ from first).