Shelfmark
Gi.6.04 (Copy 1)
Additional shelfmark
Gi.6.41 (Copy 2)
Additional shelfmark
Gi.7.06 (Copy 3)
Author
Title
The elements of armories..
Publication, distribution, etc.
At London : Printed by George Eld., 1610..
Physical description
[16], 201, [15] p. : ill. (woodcuts), coats of arms ; 17-19 cm. (4to)
Note
A variant (STC 3220.5) has title "Edm: Bolton his elements of armories".
Note
Dedication signed: E.B., i.e. Edmund Bolton.
Note
Signatures: [pi]⁴ A-2E⁴.
Note
Includes printer's device on the title page; decorated initials.
Citation/references note
STC (2nd ed.), 3220
Citation/references note
ESTC, S114354
Provenance
(Copy 1) Bookplate of Evelyn Philip Shirley with motto "honor virtutis præmium", undated, on front pastedown. Ex dono label of Joseph Frederick Burrell, dated 1983, on front flyleaf. Armorial bookplate of William Cole of King’s College Cambridge on A4 verso. Ms. note on title page verso: "W[illia]m Cole ex dono Erasmi Earle Aulae Pembrochianae Socio-Com' Cantabr: Febr' 8. 1747."
Provenance
(Copy 2) Armorial bookplate of John Hall, undated, with motto "aut pax aut bellum" on front pastedown. Ex dono label of Joseph Frederick Burrell, dated 1983, on front flyleaf. Armorial bookplate of the University of Cambridge with profile of King George I, who made a large book donation to its University Library in 1715, on title page verso. unidentified signature on p.[3]: "Philip Null".
Provenance
(Copy 3) No provenance information recorded in the book.
Binding
(Copy 1) ?17th-century vellum binding. Covers undecorated. Spine flat with ink titling ("Ed[...] Bolto"; "Elements of Armories"; "1610"). Textblock trimmed; Endpapers of undecorated laid paper; one flyleaf at both ends of the textblock.
Binding
(Copy 2) ?18th-century quarter-bound calfskin and marbled paper over pasteboards. Covers undecorated. Spine flat and rebacked, decorated with gilt titling ("Elements of armories. 1610."). Textblock trimmed and sprinkled ?green. Endpapers of undecorated paper; two flyleaves at both ends of the textblock.
Binding
(Copy 3) ?20th-century speckled light brown calfskin over ?millboards. Covers decorated with blind roll to form a border. Spine with five raised bands, decorated with blind roll and tools, gilt titling over red label ("Bolton's Elements of armories"). Textblock trimmed and dyed red. Endpapers of undecorated paper; two flyleaves at both ends of the textblock.
Copy-specific note
(Copy 1) 17th-century ms. note on rear flyleaf recto. 18th-century ms. note in William Cole's hand on title page verso. Most of the coats of arms have been hand-painted.
Copy-specific note
(Copy 2) Bookseller's advertisement for this copy glued yto fron pastedown. Ms. notes regarding the Cambrige bookplate on front flyleaf. The printed flower design of the coat of arms on p. 198 has been sewn onto the page.
Subject
Heraldry Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Eld, George, ? - -1624 printer.
Added entry--name
Shirley, Evelyn Philip, 1812 - 1882 former owner.
Added entry--name
Burrell, Joseph Frederick, 1909 - 1983 former owner.
Added entry--name
Cole, William, 1753 - 1806 former owner.
Added entry--name
Cambridge University Library former owner.
Added entry--place
England London.
Language code
eng
Identifier
B51218