Shelfmark
MS 293
Title
Heraldic devices for Berkshire, Bedfordshire and Lincolnshire families. manuscript.
Publication, distribution, etc.
England, 1650? to 1750?
Physical description
1 volume (50 leaves) : paper : illustrated ; 31 x 19 cm.
Note
Grids with armorial devices in black ink. In five sections: the first without a heading; Barksheir; Bedfordsheir; Lincolnshire; Ireland. The Irish section only gives three arms, and the leaf has been pasted to the pastedown.
Note
Devised title.
Note
Date inferred from the style of writing.
Note
Index of surnames at the front of the volume, by section. The folios in each section have been numbered in the central column, in red or black ink alternately.
Note
Grids ruled in pencil throughout.
Note
Engraved bookplate of Sir George Nayler, Garter King of Arms (1764-1831).
Note
Bookplate on front pastedown recording donation to Eton College Library by Joseph Frederick Burrell in 1983. Pencil annotation: Burrell MS 4.
Binding
Late 17th or early 18th century mid brown reverse calf; blind tooled triple fillet border with inner frame of blind tooled floral roll; cornerpieces of pineapples; blind tooled swag roll on board edges; blind tooled double fillet on spine edges; red sprinkled edges.
Subject
Aristocracy (Social class) Great Britain Early works to 1800.
Subject
Heraldry England Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Burrell, Joseph Frederick, 1909 - 1983 former owner.
Added entry--name
Nayler, George, 1764? - 1831 Sir, former owner.
Added entry--place
England
Language code
eng
Identifier
B46754