Shelfmark
Gi.3.10
Title
Facsimile of an ancient heraldic manuscript emblazoned by Sir David Lyndsay of the mount lyon king of arms 1542 [edited by David Laing].
Publication, distribution, etc.
Edinburgh : Published by W. D. Laing, MDCCCXXII. [1822]
Physical description
12, 7 p. and 133 leaves of plates : ill., coats of arms (col.) ; 34 cm.
Note
Title page: "Engraved by W.H. Lizars".
Note
Last page: "J. Brewster, Printer, Edinburgh".
Provenance
Ex dono label of Joseph Frederick Burrell, dated 1983, on front pastedown.
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of Archibald Scott Napier on front pastedown.
Provenance
Loose bookseller's ("Mr Dowell") catalogue leaves containing this item advertised for auction in January 1877.
Binding
19th-century calfskin over mill/pasteboards. Covers decorated with gilt fillets and tools to form a border. Spine with six raised bands, decorated with gilt tools and titling over black label ("Lyndsay's heraldry"). 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
?Bookseller's ms. note on first front flyleaf verso: "100 copies printed".
Subject
Lindsay, David, active 1490 - 1555 Booke and register of arms.
Subject
Heraldry Scotland.
Added entry--name
Laing, David, 1793 - 1878 editor publisher.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Burrell, Joseph Frederick, 1909 - 1983 former owner.
Added entry--name
Napier, Archibald Scott, 1865 - 1934 former owner.
Added entry--place
Scotland Edinburgh.
Language code
eng
Identifier
B51155