Shelfmark
Gi.2.14
Main entry--uniform title
Siége de Carlaverok. English.
Title
The siege of Carlaverock in the XXVIII Edward I. A.D. MCCC; with the arms of the earls, barons, and knights, who were present on the occasion; with a translation, a history of the castle, and memoirs of the personages commemorated by the poet. By Nicholas Harris Nicolas, Esq. of the Inner Temple, barrister at law.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London: : J. B. Nichols and Son., MDCCCXXVIII. [1828]
Physical description
[2], xxxii, 380 p., [1] leaf of plates (frontis.) : ill., coats of arms, geneal. tables ; 28 cm.
Language
Parallel Old French text and English translation.
Note
Sir Harris Nicolas suggested that Walter of Exeter was the author of the Siege of Carlaverock; but this hypothesis has been clearly disproved by T. Wright. cf. Dict. Nat. Biog.
Note
Text from MS 27 in the College of Arms, London.
Note
Attributed to Walter of Exeter.
Note
Divisional title: Memoirs of the peers and knights mentioned in the poem.
Provenance
Ex dono label of Joseph Frederick Burrell, dated 1983, on front pastedown.
Provenance
Ex libris label of Robert Samuel Turner, on green gilted morocco, on front pastedown.
Binding
19th-century dark brown morocco over mill/pasteboards bound by Hayday. Covers decorated with blind fillets and roll to form a border; blind lozenge pattern with fleurons in each compartment; blind flower tools at the corners. Spine with five raised bands, decorated with blind fillets forming a lozenge pattern; gilt titling ("Siege of Carlaverock"; "Nicolas."; "London MDCCCXXVIII"). 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
Coats of arms are hand-painted.
Subject
Subject
Nobility Great Britain Heraldry.
Added entry--name
Walter of Exeter, attributed name.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Hayday, James, 1796 - 1872 binder.
Added entry--name
Burrell, Joseph Frederick, 1909 - 1983 former owner.
Added entry--name
Turner, Robert S. (Robert Samuel), 1818 - 1887 former owner.
Added entry--name
J. Nichols and Son printer.
Added entry--place
England London.
Language code
eng fro fro
Identifier
B51147