Shelfmark
Gi.6.14
Author
Uniform title
[Help to English history]
Title
A help to English history, containing a succession of all the Kings of England, the English, Saxons, and the Britains; the Kings and Princes of Wales, the Kings and Lords of Man, and the Isle of Wight: as also of all the dukes, marquesses, earls and bishops thereof; with the descriptions of the places from whence they had their titles; together with the names, and ranks of the viscounts, barons and baronets of England. By P. Heylyn, D.D. And since his death, continu'd to this present year, 1709. With the coats of arms of the nobility, blazon'd..
Publication, distribution, etc.
London: : Printed, to be sold by J. Morphew near Stationers Hall,, 1709..
Physical description
[2], 633, [3] p. : coats of arms ; 15 cm. (12mo)
Note
Signatures: [pi] A-2A¹² 2B-2F⁶ [A2 signed 'A3', C3 signed 'A3'].
Note
Leaves A4, C4, C8, G9, and H8 are cancels; in some copies the cancellanda are also present.
Note
First published in 1641 as "Erōologia Anglorum. Or, an help to English history" under the pseudonym Robert Hall; the first word is transliterated from the Greek.
Note
Title printed within double ruled border.
Note
With additional title pages throughout for the various parts.
Note
Numerous paging errors.
Note
With an advertisement regarding the original edition on the verso of the title leaf.
Citation/references note
ESTC, N3600
Provenance
Ex dono label of Joseph Frederick Burrell, dated 1983, on front flyleaf.
Provenance
Ex libris label of Alfred Trego Butler on front flyleaf.
Provenance
Armorial bookplate with no name on front pastedown; possibly Butler's.
Provenance
18th-century armorial bookplate of Thomas Patten, of Bank (d. 1770), on leaf A3 verso.
Binding
?18th-century red sheepskin over wood boards. Covers decorated with blind fillets to form a border and panels; vertical lines blind-tooled on central panel with horizontal blind roll depicting clubs at the top and bottom of the panel; blind tools at the corners; transversal blind fillets on boards edges; gilt roll on turn-ins. Spine with four raised bands; decorated with blind fillets and tools, as well as gilt titling ("Heylyn's heraldry."; "1709"). Textblock trimmed and gilted. Endpapers of yellow (pastedown and facing flyleaves) and undecorated paper; three flyleaves at both ends of the textblock.
Copy-specific note
Signature A4 appears on corresponding leaf.
Copy-specific note
Bookseller's ms. notes on front flyleaf (some erased).
Copy-specific note
Loose paper catalogue entry for this volume inserted in the book.
Copy-specific note
Some hand-painted/coloured arms.
Subject
Subject
Nobility Great Britain Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Morphew, John bookseller.
Added entry--name
Burrell, Joseph Frederick, 1909 - 1983 former owner.
Added entry--name
Butler, A.T. (Alfred Trego), 1880- - ? Alfred Trego, former owner.
Added entry--name
Patten, Thomas Esq., former owner.
Added entry--place
England London.
Language code
eng
Identifier
B51228