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001 $ 05/4572
003 $ UK-LoRAA
005 $ 20191008133918.9
041 0 # $a eng
044 # # $a uk
100 1 # $a Drummond, James
245 1 0 $a Highland targets And Other Shields. By James Drummond, R.S.A., F.S.A. Scot.
260 # # $a Edinburgh: $b Printed By Neill And Company. $c 1873.
300 # # $a 14, [12] p., [7] pl.: $b illus.; $c 281 mm.
505 0 # $a [T.p.; note] - [Text] - [Plates, with explanatory texts].
508 # # $a The fourth plate is signed 'L.G.S.'; the sixth, 'J. Adam'.
510 0 # $a E. Cumming, James Drummond RSA, Victorian antiquary and artist of old Edinburgh (1977).

A survey of armour is C. Blair and L. Tarrasuk, The Complete encyclopedia of arms and armour (1982).
520 2 # $a A note on the title-page verso states that the work was 'Read before the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, April 1871', and that 'The Fifty Copies now printed for private circulation contain additional matter, with different and more numerous illustrations.'

The first plate forms a divisional title-plate, reading 'Illustrations Targets & Shields'. The following six plates show: 1. Macdonald Target; 2, 3. Highland Targets; 4. Bronze Shields; 5. Various Shields For Comparison; 6. Roman Legionary Sculptured Stone. The in-text illustrations show parts of shields.

James Drummond combined the career of a history painter with that of a student of European and Asian antiquities, and read many papers before the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.
561 # # $a The title-page verso is inscribed in ink, 'The Library of the Royal Academy'.
562 # # $a The title-page verso is inscribed in ink, '31'.
563 # # $a 19th-century half morocco, marbled-papered boards; spine lettered 'Highland Targets - J. Drummond'.
653 # # $a Shields (armor) - Armor (protective wear) - Antiquities - Great Britain - Scotland - History
655 # 0 $a Art history - Great Britain - 19th century
655 # 0 $a Lectures - Great Britain - 19th century
655 # 0 $a Pictorial works - Great Britain - 19th century
700 1 # $a Adam $e engraver
710 2 # $a Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
710 2 # $a Neill and Company (Edinburgh) $e printer