Shelfmark
Em.2.10 (Copy 1)
Additional shelfmark
Gi.6.01 (Copy 2)
Author
Uniform title
[Accedens of armory]
Title
The accedence of armorie..
Varying form of title
The accedens of armory
Edition
Newly corrected and augmented..
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Printed [by William Jaggard] for Iohn Iaggard, dwelling neere the Temple Gate at the signe of the Hand and Starre., 1612..
Physical description
[16], 241, [3] p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. (woodcuts), coats of arms ; 18 cm. (4to)
Note
Includes head- and tail-pieces, decorated initials. Some of the woodcuts and coats of arms have been hand-coloured.
Note
By Gerard Legh, whose name appears on A3r.
Note
Publisher's name and address from colophon; printer's name from STC.
Note
The first leaf is blank except for signature-mark "A".
Note
Epistle to the reader by Richard Argall (pp. [9]-[12]).
Note
Signatures: A-Q⁸ R².
Note
With the folded plate after R2, depicting Atlas and Hercules supporting a coat of arms from which hangs a medallion with the motto "Volat alta ad sidera virtus".
Citation/references note
ESTC, S1107
Citation/references note
STC (2nd ed.), 15393
Provenance
(Copy 1) Manuscript note on upper pastedown: "Bought 1901". Armorial bookplate of Eton College, and plain booklabel of the same, partially removed from upper pastedown.
Provenance
(Copy 2) Armorial bookplate of J. Paul Rylands, F.S.A. Highfields, Thelwall, Cheshire, undated, on front pastedown. Ex dono label of Joseph Frederick Burrell, dated 1983, on front flyleaf.
Binding
(Copy 1) 17th-century mid-brown calf over pasteboard, sewn on ?four recessed supports; bound in England; repacked and repaired, with new endpapers, 20th century. On both covers, an outer border comprising a single gilt fillet; otherwise plain; medium squares; board edges and turn-ins hatcheted in blind. Spine with very shallow false bands, otherwise smooth and rounded; panels with small blind-stamped ornament, outlined by single gilt fillets; new tailband, original headband preserved. Textblock trimmed and sprinkled brown. Endpapers comprising modern laid-effect paper (pastedown and flyleaves); one early flyleaf retained.
Binding
(Copy 2) 19/20th-century red morocco over mill/pasteboards. Covers decorated with blind fillets and rolls to forms a border with tools at the inner corners (the top one have a monogram JPR) and a blind-tooled geometric centrepiece; transversal gilt fillets on board edges; blind roll on turn-ins. Spine with four raised bands, decorated with gilt fillets, tools and titling over black label ("Gerard Leigh's [sic] Accedence of armorie."; "1612"). Textblock trimmed and gilted. Endpapers of marbled (pastedowns and facing flyleaves) and undecorated paper; two flyleaves at both ends of the textblock.
Copy-specific note
(Copy 1) Manuscript note on third upper flyleaf recto, in an ?18th century hand: "The Plate at the end is [?]ly to be found.". ECL previous shelfmark: Cm.5.3a. Manuscript inscription in a 17th century hand on A1r: blazon of an unidentified armorial. Occassional manuscript annotations, in a 17th century hand throughout, to section 'Of Colours', mostly pointers to key terms (e.g., 'precious stones'); some scattered annotations in later hands throughout.
Copy-specific note
(Copy 2) Former ECL shelfmartk: Gp.7.12. Ms. notes on the life of Gerard Legh on front flyleaf; modern coat of arms of Leigh on facing flyleaf. A1 missing.
Subject
Heraldry Early works to 1800 Great Britain.
Added entry--name
Jaggard, William, 1569 - 1623 printer.
Added entry--name
Jaggard, John, ? - d. 1623? bookseller.
Added entry--name
Argall, Richard writer of introduction.
Added entry--name
Burrell, Joseph Frederick, 1909 - 1983 former owner.
Added entry--name
Rylands, J. Paul (John Paul), 1846 - 1923 former owner.
Added entry--place
England London.
Language code
eng
Identifier
B20662