Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Meyrick, Samuel Rush, 1783-1848
Title:
A critical inquiry into antient armour : as it existed in Europe, particularly in Great Britain from the Norman conquest to the reign of King Charles II ... / by Samuel Rush Meyrick.
Edition:
Second edition / corrected and enlarged.
Published / Created:
London : H.G. Bohn, 1842.
Physical Description:
3 v. : ill. ; 38 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
U810 .M49 1842+ Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Aquatints by W. Maddocks and Charles Hunt. Some are after Richard Bridgens.

Etchings by Richard Bridgens; after Samuel Rush Meyrick. Lithography by H.C. Maguire.

Includes historiated initials.

Hiler, H. Bibliography of costume, p. 587

Kunstbibliothek (Berlin, Germany). Katalog der Lipperheideschen Kostümbibliothek (2. Aufl.), Qb62

Includes bibliographical references and index.

BAC: British Art Center copy complete in three volumes. Bound in contemporary red half morocco with marbled boards. Bookplates: Arthur Francis Row; Y.G. Lloyd-Greame; Roger Furse.
Subject Terms:
Arms and armor -- Great Britain. | Weapons -- Great Britain. | Armor -- History. | Costume -- Great Britain. | Bohn, H. G. -- Publisher. | Row, Arthur Francis -- Bookplate. | Lloyd-Greame, Y. G. -- Bookplate. | Furse, Roger -- Bookplate.
Form/Genre:
Lithographs -- Hand-colored -- 1842. | Aquatints -- Hand-colored -- 1842. | Etchings -- 1842. | Costume books -- England -- 19th century. | Armorial bookplates (Provenance)
Contributors:
Bridgens, Richard, engraver. | Maddocks, W., engraver. | Maguire, H. C., active approximately 1850–1880, engraver. | Hunt, Charles, active 1825–1857, engraver. | Bridgens, Richard, ill. | Meyrick, Samuel Rush, 1783–1848, ill.