De luxe edition limited to 200 signed & numbered copies. This is no. 14.
Publisher's half leather binding with marbled paper sides and gilt monogram on front panel and gilt titles on spine.
x + 365pp. Illustrated.
Binding sound. Former owner's name on front endpaper. Contents clean. Some foxing spots on fore edge when book is closed. Dust jacket in fine condition.
'The main body of the book consists of descriptions of well over 1 100 coats of arms of South African families. In most cases there are biographical details of the first settler, year of arrival, ancestry, children, etc, with full documentation and exact reference to archival and printed sources.
The book is, therefore, also of great genealogical interest. More than 1000 arms are illustrated (shields or full armorial bearings) and there are also plates showing old hatchments, silver, glass, armorial porcelain and tombstones.'
- Jacket Condition: Near Fine
- Binding Condition: Near Fine
