Shelfmark
Gi.6.06
Author
Title
The booke of honor and armes..
Varying form of title
Fift booke
Publication, distribution, etc.
At London, : Printed by [Thomas Orwin for] Richard Ihones, dwelling at the signe of the Rose and Crowne neere Holburne Conduit., 1590..
Physical description
[12], 104, 75, [1] p. : ill. (woodcuts) ; 19 cm. (4to)
Note
Probably a compilation by Richard Jones, the publisher, of material borrowed from Sir William Segar, Vincentio Saviolo, and others. Sometimes attributed to Segar, whose name appears on 2N3v.
Note
With an additional title page, lacking imprint: The booke of honor and armes. VVherein is discoursed the causes of quarrell ..
Note
Actual printer's name from STC.
Note
"The fift booke" begins new pagination on O1r.
Note
Signatures: [pi]² A-N⁴ 2N⁴ O⁴ P⁴ (+P3) Q-Y⁴ Z².
Note
P3r cancel has last line reading "cleerlie suppressd"; variant has cancelled present which has last line reading "suppressed."
Note
Includes printer's device on title page; head- and tail-pieces; decorated initials; full-page coat of arms on [pi]2.
Citation/references note
ESTC, S116992
Citation/references note
STC (2nd ed.), 22163
Citation/references note
Luborsky & Ingram. Engl. illustrated books, 1536-1603, 22163
Provenance
Ms. signature on front pastedown: "Th. Martin" (i.e. Thomas Martin of Palgrave - whose signature is known).
Provenance
Ex dono label of Joseph Frederick Burrell, dated 1983, on front pastedown.
Binding
16th/17th-century speckled sheepskin over pasteboards. Cover decorated with double blind fillets to form a border and a panel with blind tools on the outer corners; the speckled pattern does not cover the inner panel. Spine rebacked with four raised bands, decorated with gilt rolls, tools and titling over red label ("Segar's booke of honor"). Textblock trimmed. Endpapers of undecorated laid paper; one flyleaf at both ends of the textblock.
Copy-specific note
This is the variant where P3 is present.
Copy-specific note
Former ECL shelfmark: DDl.5.10.
Copy-specific note
Modern loose note at the lower end of the textblock listing basic information about this volume.
Copy-specific note
Illustrations are often hand-painted.
Subject
Knights and knighthood Early works to 1800.
Subject
Precedence Early works to 1800.
Subject
Titles of honor and nobility Early works to 1800.
Subject
Tournaments, Medieval Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Saviolo, Vincentio author.
Added entry--name
Segar, William, ? - d. 1638 Sir, author.
Added entry--name
Orwin, Thomas, ? - 1593 printer.
Added entry--name
Jones, Richard, active 1564 - 1602 printer.
Added entry--name
Burrell, Joseph Frederick, 1909 - 1983 former owner.
Added entry--name
Martin, Thomas, 1697 - 1771 former owner.
Added entry--place
England London.
Language code
eng
Identifier
B51220