Shelfmark
Gi.6.13
Author
Title
An essay on additional figures and marks of cadency. Shewing, the ancient & modern practice of differencing descendents in this and other nations. More fully and exactly, than any thing hitherto published upon this part of herauldry. Written by Alexʳ. Nisbet Gent..
Publication, distribution, etc.
Edinburgh : printed by John Reid junior., 1702..
Physical description
[8], xxxi, [1], 276 p., [5] leaves of plates : coats of arms ; 15 cm. (8vo)
Note
Signatures: [*]⁴ aa-dd⁴ B-Z⁴ 2A-2K⁴ 2L².
Citation/references note
ESTC, T135758
Provenance
Ex dono label of Joseph Frederick Burrell, dated 1983, on front pastedown.
Provenance
Ms. signatures on front flyleaves; "Edward Lund [?Faes] January 1894"; "F.J. Field June 1934".
Binding
?18th-century sheepskin over pasteboards. Covers decorated with blind roll on spine border only. Spine flat, decorated with blind fillets; label missing - faint title reads "Marks of cadenc[y]". Textblock trimmed and gilted. Endpapers of marbled and undecorated laid paper; three flyleaves at both ends of the textblock.
Copy-specific note
Includes a blank leaf between p. [8] and [i].
Copy-specific note
Title page has been glued on an existing laid paper (blank?) page.
Copy-specific note
Leaf 2I1 marked as 2I2 and viceversa.
Subject
Heraldry.
Subject
Devices (Heraldry).
Added entry--name
Reid, John, active 1699 - 1721 printer.
Added entry--name
Burrell, Joseph Frederick, 1909 - 1983 former owner.
Added entry--place
Scotland Edinburgh.
Language code
eng
Identifier
B51227