Shelfmark
Gi.2.13
Author
Title
Portfolio, second edition with additions, of fragments relative to the history and antiquities of the county palatine and duchy of Lancaster. By Matthew Gregson, Esq. F. S. A. and Honorary Member of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, &c. In three parts with additions, stitched, and two large pedigrees, portraits, prints, a large sheet map of the county, and upwards of 1600 engraved coats of arms and quarterings of Lancashire families and their alliances..
Edition
Second edition.
Publication, distribution, etc.
[Liverpool] : Printed by C.A. Worrall, Slater-Court, Liverpool., 1824..
Physical description
3 pts. in 1 [viii, 302, cviii] : ill., fold. map, geneal. tables, ports. (some col.) ; 33 cm.
Note
'Additions' are extra leaves inserted and numbered as follows: [2], vii-x, 164*-164**, *171-170*, [2 p. "face 171." on verso of leaf], *178-179*, [*220]-*221, **221-***221, 290**-290*, [22] leaves of plates (2 folded). Note one leaf has a genealogical table on both the recto and verso.
Note
Title-page with coats of arms and ornaments.
Note
Engraved title pages introduce each part. Many engraved portraits.
Note
Originally published in 1817.
Note
Final page: "Printed by Nichols, Son, and Bentley, Red Lion Passage, Fleet Street, London".
Note
Engraved portrait of Gregson facing title-page: "From a painting by W. Bigg".
Provenance
Ex dono label of Joseph Frederick Burrell, dated 1983, on front pastedown.
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of Major General Francis Fane Lambarde (1868-1948) on front pastedown.
Binding
19th-century red morocco binding over mill/pasteboards. Covers decorated with gilt fillets to form a border with flower tools at the corners, gilt roll to form a rectangular panel with tools at the corners; gilt roll on board edges and turn-ins. Spine with five raised bands, decorated with gilt fillets, tools, and titling ("Gregson's fragments"). Textblock trimmed and gilted. Endpapers of marbled (pastedowns and facing flyleaves) and undecorated paper; two flyleaves at both ends of the textblock.
Subject
Lancashire (England) History.
Subject
Lancashire (England) Genealogy.
Added entry--name
Worrall, Clarence A. printer.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Bigg, William Redmore, 1755 - 1828 illustrator.
Added entry--name
Burrell, Joseph Frederick, 1909 - 1983 former owner.
Added entry--name
Lambarde, Francis Fane, 1868 - 1948 former owner.
Added entry--name
J. Nichols and Son printer.
Added entry--place
England Liverpool.
Language code
eng
Identifier
B51146