Walter De Gray Birch — Seals

London, Methuen & Co. 1907. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this work on the history of seals, by Walter de Gray Birch. First edition. Illustrated throughout with frontispiece and fifty-two plates. Collated complete. A guide to the history of seals, with reference to the earliest seals, the development of the art of seals, seals of royal offices, ecclesiastical designs, local seals of cities or towns, heraldic seals, colonial seals, and much more. Written by Walter de Gray Birch, an English historian, editor and author. In the original red cloth binding. Externally, very smart with light rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Fading to the spine. A very small mark to the front board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Bookseller's label to the rear pastedown. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .