Shelfmark
Gi.7.04 (Copy 1)
Additional shelfmark
Gi.7.12 (Copy 2)
Author
Title
Catalogus in certa capita, seu classes, alphabetico ordine concinnatus, plerorúmque omnium authorum, (tam antiquorum quàm recentiorum) qui de re heraldica Latinè, Gallicè, Italicè, Hispanicè, Germanicè, Anglicè, scripserunt: interspersis hìc illic, qui claruerunt in re antiquaria, & jure civili, eâ saltem parte quæ heraldriæ facem accendit. Undè viris nobilibus, nec non omnibus aliis rei heraldicæ studiosis innotescat de insignibus gentilitiis: heraldis: de principum nobiliúmq[ue] genealogiis: baptismatibus: nuptiis: inaugurationibus: conviviis: coràm colloquiis: fœderibus: triumphis, &c. Quorum pleniorem & luculentiorem lectori rationem, elenchus capitum qui præfationi libelli hujus subnectitur, exhibebit. A Thoma Gore, armig..
Publication, distribution, etc.
Oxon. : Typis Leon. Lichfield, acad. typog. et prostant venales apud Ric. Davis,, 1674..
Physical description
[32], 72, 65-80, 89-138, [2] p. ; 20-21 cm. (4to)
Language
Text in Latin and English.
Note
First published (1668) under title: Catalogus alphebeticè digestus ... authorum ... qui de re heraldica ... scripserunt.
Note
Title enclosed within a simple rule border.
Note
Signatures: [pi]⁴ a-c⁴ A-R⁴ S².
Note
With initial license-to-print leaf.
Note
Text and register continuous despite pagination.
Note
First leaf is blank.
Note
With final errata leaf.
Note
Text ornamented with woodcut head-pieces and initial.
Citation/references note
Wing (CD-ROM, 1996), G1298
Citation/references note
Madan, III, 3011
Citation/references note
ESTC, R37401
Provenance
(Copy 1) 19th-century armorial bookplate of Charles Arthur Wynne Finch and also of Charles George Young Garter with motto "nullius in verba" on front pastedown. Ex dono label of Joseph Frederick Burrell, dated 1983, on front flyleaf. Ms. signature on front flyleaf: "Edm[un]d Waterton". Ms. signatures on [pi]2 verso: "W[illia]m Burrell"; "Jacobi Joye".
Provenance
(Copy 2) Ex dono label of Joseph Frederick Burrell, dated 1983, on front pastedown. The binding presents a coat of arms identified as that of antiquary Ralph Sheldon (1623-1684), son of William Sheldon of Beoley, Worcestershire. Ms. inscription on front flyleaf has been trimmed and no longer reveals the name of this book's donor: "Ex dono domini Ant : a". The book was sold by Ellis booksellers, as documented by correspondence dated November 1938 that is inserted in the volume.
Binding
(Copy 1) ?19th-century armorial binding: speckled calfskin over mill/pasteboards. Covers decorated with double gilt fillets to form a border; centrepiece is a dragon and the initials CGY below it. Spine with five raised bands, decorated with gilt titling over black label ("Catalogus de re heraldica"). Textblock trimmed and dyed red. Endpapers of marbled (pastedowns and facing flyleaves) and undecorated laid paper; two flyleaves at both ends of the textblock.
Binding
(Copy 2) 17th-century calfskin over pasteboards. Covers decorated with double blind fillets to form a border with tools at the corners; additional double blind line near the left margin; centrepiece is gilted arms of Sheldon family; single blind fillet and roll on board edges. Spine flat and undecorated. Textblock trimmed and dyed red. Endpapers of undecorated laid paper; one flyleaf at upper end of the textblock, two at the lower end.
Copy-specific note
(Copy 1) Ms. corrections to errors in pagination. Bookseller's catalogue entry glued to front pastedown, price marked as "£3 3s.". Former ECL shelfmark: DDk.3.5.
Copy-specific note
(Copy 2) Former ECL shelfmark: DDk.3.4. Ms note on front flyleaf, Sheldon's motto "In posterum".
Subject
Heraldry Bibliography Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Lichfield, Leonard, ? - d.1657 printer.
Added entry--name
Davis, Richard (Richard H.) bookseller.
Added entry--name
Wynne Finch, Charles Arthur, 1841 - 1903 former owner.
Added entry--name
Young, Charles George, 1795 - 1869 Sir, former owner.
Added entry--name
Burrell, Joseph Frederick, 1909 - 1983 former owner.
Added entry--name
Waterton, Edmund, 1830 - 1887 former owner.
Added entry--name
Sheldon, Ralph, 1623 - 1684 former owner.
Added entry--place
England London.
Language code
lat eng
Identifier
B51251