Illustrations to Heraldry

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Seven Humorous Hand-Coloured Etched Plates by William Heath Large oblong folio, hand coloured etched title and six humorous hand coloured etched plates containing forty sketches, plates dated & watermarked 1828, original yellow printed wrappers, expertly rebacked. Housed in a cloth clamshell case. A near Fine example. (285*428 mm). (Abbey Life 303). The sketches include: Passant Regardant. Looking towards his Tail; Party per Bend; Sejant addorsed. Two Animals sitting back to back; Respecting. Placed upright one against the other; Counter Tripping. One passing one way the other another! as the Example; etc Heath, [pseud. Paul Pry], was a talented artist, and his comparative neglect by writers on caricature and illustration can be explained only by the fact that so little is known about him as a person. ODNB.