Shelfmark
Gi.4.05
Author
Title
Inquiries into the origin and progress of the science of heraldry in England. With explanatory observations on armorial ensigns, by James Dallaway, A. M. [sic] of Trinity College Oxford, and fellow of the Society of Antiquaries..
Publication, distribution, etc.
Gloucester, : Printed by R. Raikes, for B. & J. White, Fleet-Street, London., MDCCXCIII. [1793]
Physical description
[4], xiii, [1], 424, [4], cxii p., 26 leaves of plates : ill., coats of arms ; 30 cm. (4to)
Note
The title page is engraved.
Citation/references note
ESTC, T67774
Provenance
Ex dono label of Joseph Frederick Burrell, dated 1983, on front pastedown.
Provenance
Bookplate of Sir Arthur E. Vicars KCVO. Ulster, King of Arms on front pastedown.
Binding
?18th-century calfskin over pasteboards. Covers decorated with blind roll to form a border. Spine with five raised bands, decorated with gilt rolls, fillets and titling over red label ("Dallaway's heraldry"). Textblock trimmed. Endpapers of marbled (pastedowns and facing flyleaves) and undecorated paper; three flyleaves at both ends of the textblock.
Copy-specific note
Loose ms. notes (folded) about "heraldic marshalling disputed points", including ms. family trees and coats of arms. The same hand occasionally annotates the text / family trees in the volume.
Copy-specific note
Former ECL shelfmark: Gi.3.18.
Copy-specific note
Loose cut-out vignette between front flyleaves.
Subject
Heraldry England Early works to 1800.
Genre/Form
Armorials.
Added entry--name
Raikes, Robert, 1736 - 1811 printer.
Added entry--name
Burrell, Joseph Frederick, 1909 - 1983 former owner.
Added entry--name
Vicars, Arthur Edward, 1864 - 1921 former owner.
Added entry--name
B. and J. White bookseller.
Added entry--place
England Gloucester.
Language code
eng
Identifier
B51167