Shelfmark
Gi.6.17
Title
The pocket herald, or gentleman's companion; a concise introduction to heraldry..
Publication, distribution, etc.
London: : Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, Paternoster-Row; and Barry and Son, Bristol., [1814]
Physical description
19 p., [2] leaves of plates : coats of arms ; 16 cm.
Note
P. 19: "Printed by E. Bryan, 51, Corn-Street, Bristol.".
Note
Date of publication from Oxford record.
Note
At the bottom of the frontispiece: "By B. Barry High Street Bristol".
Provenance
Ex dono label of Joseph Frederick Burrell, dated 1983, on front pastedown.
Provenance
Ms. note on front flyleaf: "Mr Cumberland with Barry [...]'s compliments 1814".
Binding
19th-century calfskin over mill/pasteboards. Covers decorated with blind roll with flower and foliage motifs; gilt fillet on board edges. Spine flat, decorated with gilt fillets, tools, and titling ("Pocket herald"). Textblock trimmed. Endpapers of undecorated paper.
Copy-specific note
Numerous blank leaves before, in the middle, and after the text.
Subject
Heraldry.
Added entry--name
Bryan, Edward printer.
Added entry--name
Burrell, Joseph Frederick, 1909 - 1983 former owner.
Added entry--name
Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown bookseller.
Added entry--name
Barry and Son bookseller.
Added entry--place
England London.
Added entry--place
England Bristol.
Language code
eng
Identifier
B51231