Shelfmark
Gi.5.24 (Copy 1)
Additional shelfmark
Gk.6.18 (Copy 2)
Author
Title
Introductio ad Latinam blasoniam. An essay to a more correct blason in Latine than formerly hath been used. Collected out of approved modern authors, and describing the arms of all the kingdoms of Europe, and of many of the greatest princes and potentates thereof: together with many other illustrious and ancient houses both of England and other countries. No work of this nature extant in our English tongue, nor (absit gloriari) of its method and circumstances in any foreign language whatsoever. Authore Johanne Gibbono armorum servulo, quem à Mantelio dicunt Cæruleo..
Varying form of title
Portion of title: Essay to a more correct blason in Latine than formerly hath been used
Publication, distribution, etc.
London, : Printed by J. M[acock]. for the author, and are to be sold by J. Crump at the Three Bibles in S. Pauls Church-yard; by B. Billingsley at the Printing-press in Cornhill near the Royal Exchange; and by A. Churchill at the Black Swan in Ave-Mary Lane., 1682..
Physical description
[16], 165, [3] p. : coats of arms ; 19 cm. (8vo)
Language
In English and Latin.
Note
Signatures: A-L⁸ M⁴.
Note
Initial imprimatur leaf.
Note
Title enclosed in a plain rule-border.
Note
Illustrated throughout with woodcut coats of arms.
Citation/references note
ESTC, R2878
Citation/references note
Wing (CD-ROM, 1996), G650
Provenance
(Copy 1) Armorial bookplate of William Constable on front pastedown. Ex dono label of Joseph Frederick Burrell, dated 1983, on front first flyleaf. 17th-century ms. note on title page: "Petri Le neve norroy [...]" i.e. antiquarian Peter Le Neve.
Provenance
(Copy 2) No provenance information recorded in the book.
Binding
(Copy 1) ?18th-century mottled calfskin over pasteboards. Covers decorated with double gilt fillets torm a border and a panel with tools at the corners; gilt roll on board edges. Spine with five raised bands, decorated with gilt fillets. Textblock trimmed and gilted. Endpapers of marbled (pastedowns and facing flyleaves) and undecorated paper; three flyleaves at both ends of the textblock.
Binding
(Copy 2) ?20th-century speckled calfskin over mill/pasteboards. Covers decorated with double blind fillets forming two concentric panels; the inner and outer areas have been more heavily covered by black ink. Spine flat, decorated with gilt fillets and titling over red label ("Intro-ductio ad latinam blas-oniam"). Textblock trimmed and dyed red. Endpapers of undecorated paper; two flyleaves at both ends of the textblock.
Copy-specific note
(Copy 1) Bookseller's ms. notes on front flyleaves.
Copy-specific note
(Copy 2) Hand-painted coats of arms.
Subject
Heraldry Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Macock, John, fl. 1676 - 1679 printer.
Added entry--name
Crump, John, active 1673 - 1682 bookseller.
Added entry--name
Billingsley, Benjamin bookseller.
Added entry--name
Churchill, Awnsham, ? - d. 1728 bookseller.
Added entry--name
Constable, William, 1721 - 1791 former owner.
Added entry--name
Burrell, Joseph Frederick, 1909 - 1983 former owner.
Added entry--name
Le Neve, Peter, 1661 - 1729 former owner.
Added entry--place
England London.
Language code
eng lat
Identifier
B51202