Cm.2.01 (Copy 1)
Hb.4.10(01) (Copy 2)
Gk.1.01 (Copy 3)
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..
London, : Printed by J. Macock, for Nathanael Brooke at the Angel in Cornhill, near the Royal Exchange,, MDCLXXII [1672].
[12], 130, 135-136, 149-720, [104] p., plates (some double and/or folded) : ill. ; 38-40 cm. (Fo.)
Title page in red and black.
With a preliminary license-to-print leaf.
Text and register continuous despite pagination.
With a final errata leaf.
Nearly all the engravings signed by Wenceslaus Hollar. The portrait of King Charles II was engraved by William Sherwin.
Wing (CD-ROM, 1996), A3983
ESTC, R16288
(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.
(Copy 2) Armorial bookplate of F. Manley Sims. Stamp of "Manley Sims Eton Collection".
(Copy 3) Ex dono label of Joseph Frederick Burrell, dated 1983, on front flyleaf.
(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.
(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.
(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 1) Ms. inscription: "Roehampton C.6." and "A.16".
(Copy 2) Faint pencil underlining of words in title and statement of responsibilty. Bound with an eighteenth-century item.
(Copy 3) Former ECL shelfmark: Gi.2.3.
Orders of knighthood and chivalry Early works to 1800.
Manley Sims, F. former owner.
Macock, John, fl. 1676 - 1679 printer.
Brooke, Nathaniel bookseller.
Hollar, Wenceslaus, 1607 - 1677 engraver.
Sherwin, William, active 1670 - 1710 engraver.
Burrell, Joseph Frederick, 1909 - 1983 former owner.
England London.
eng
B14513