Shelfmark
Cm.2.01 (Copy 1)
Additional shelfmark
Hb.4.10(01) (Copy 2)
Additional shelfmark
Gk.1.01 (Copy 3)
Author
Title
The institution, laws & ceremonies of the most noble Order of the Garter. Collected and digested into one body by Elias Ashmole of the Middle-Temple Esq.; Windesor Herald at Arms. A work furnished with variety of matter, relating to honor and noblesse..
Publication, distribution, etc.
London, : Printed by J. Macock, for Nathanael Brooke at the Angel in Cornhill, near the Royal Exchange,, MDCLXXII [1672].
Physical description
[12], 130, 135-136, 149-720, [104] p., plates (some double and/or folded) : ill. ; 38-40 cm. (Fo.)
Note
Title page in red and black.
Note
With a preliminary license-to-print leaf.
Note
Text and register continuous despite pagination.
Note
With a final errata leaf.
Note
Nearly all the engravings signed by Wenceslaus Hollar. The portrait of King Charles II was engraved by William Sherwin.
Citation/references note
Wing (CD-ROM, 1996), A3983
Citation/references note
ESTC, R16288
Provenance
(Copy 1) Bookplate of Eton College. Possibly bequeathed to Eton by Anthony Morris Storer in 1799. Ms. signature: "Thos. Weedon" and note (Weedon's hand?): "The kind gifft off the ingenious studious & worthy author", i.e., Elias Ashmole.
Provenance
(Copy 2) Armorial bookplate of F. Manley Sims. Stamp of "Manley Sims Eton Collection".
Provenance
(Copy 3) Ex dono label of Joseph Frederick Burrell, dated 1983, on front flyleaf.
Binding
(Copy 1) ?20th-century blind-stamped brown calf; blind stamped triple fillet border to create frame; five raised bands; five gilt motifs on spine; gilt spine title; "Ashmole" inked on fore-edge.
Binding
(Copy 2) 19th-century teal calf half-binding; boards covered in marbled paper; 5 raised bands; gilt title, author, and publication location and date on spine; marbled endpapers; gilt top edge; blue ribbon bookmark.
Binding
(Copy 3) ?19th-century red morocco over mill/pasteboards. Covers decorated with gilt roll to form a border; gilt triple fillets on board edges; gilt roll on turn-ins. Spine with six raised bands, decorated with gilt fillets, tools and titling over orange label ("Ashmole's order of the garter"). Textblock trimmed and gilted. Endpapers of marbled (pastedown and facing flyleaves) and undecorated paper; two flyleaves at both ends of the textblock.
Copy-specific note
(Copy 1) Ms. inscription: "Roehampton C.6." and "A.16".
Copy-specific note
(Copy 2) Faint pencil underlining of words in title and statement of responsibilty. Bound with an eighteenth-century item.
Copy-specific note
(Copy 3) Former ECL shelfmark: Gi.2.3.
Subject
Subject
Orders of knighthood and chivalry Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Manley Sims, F. former owner.
Added entry--name
Macock, John, fl. 1676 - 1679 printer.
Added entry--name
Brooke, Nathaniel bookseller.
Added entry--name
Hollar, Wenceslaus, 1607 - 1677 engraver.
Added entry--name
Sherwin, William, active 1670 - 1710 engraver.
Added entry--name
Burrell, Joseph Frederick, 1909 - 1983 former owner.
Added entry--place
England London.
Language code
eng
Identifier
B14513