The Town Council Seals of Scotland: Historical, Legendary and Heraldic

by Alexander Porteous, born 1860

£75 · Offered by Adrian Harrington Rare Books

First edition

Edinburgh: W. & A.K. Johnston, 1906. Scottish History, Topography and Heraldry FIRST EDITION. Large octavo 27 x 20cm , pp.xii; 300. With an illustration of each seal. Publisher's dark grey cloth with gilt titles to spine and gilt device stamped to upper. All edges untrimmed. Illustrated bookplate of William Wade Porteous to front pastedown. Heavy spotting to edges, endpapers and preliminaries. Lighter spotting throughout. Minimal wear to cloth. Very

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