Shelfmark
Gi.7.08 - Gi.7.09
Author
Title
Adarga catalana, arte heráldica y práticas reglas del blasón, con ejemplos de las piezas esmaltes y ornatos de que se compone un escudo, interior y exteriormente. Por D. Francisco Xavier de Garma ... .
Publication, distribution, etc.
Barcelona, : En la impronta de Mauro Martì., Año 1753..
Physical description
3 v. in 2: ill., coats of arms ; 20 cm. (4to)
Note
Pagination: [26], 249, [11] p., [10] leaves of plates; [8], 330, [26] p., [28] leaves of plates.
Note
Inclues head- and tail-pieces.
Note
Title page printed in red and black.
Note
With a half-title.
Note
Signatures: [pi]⁴ [sec.]⁶ 2[sec.]⁴ A-2I⁴ ²K²; [pi]⁴ A-2V⁴ 2X⁶.
Note
Plates signed "Garma del. Anastasio Lleopart scul." (v.1, v.2, v.3) or "Garma del. I[gnatio]s Valli sculp." (v.3).
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of George Matthew Bayliss with motto "non nobis tantum nati" on front pastedown.
Provenance
Ex dono label of Joseph Frederick Burrell, dated 1983, on front flyleaf.
Provenance
Stamp of P. Pastor de La-Sala from Seville on the title page.
Provenance
(v.2.) Ms. inscription on half-title page and title page: "De la Libreria de Dr Luis ?Lines visedo n Salvan Clemente ..."; "De la Libreria de Dr ?Seret v?edo Clemente y Lison".
Binding
19th-century quarter-bound brown cloth and calfskin over mill/pasteboards. Covers decorated with gilt roll separating leather from textile. Spine with five raised bands, decorated with gilt tools and titling over dark brown morocco label ("Adarga catalana arte heraldica"). Textblock trimmed and marbled. Endpapers of grey (pastedowns and facing flyleaves) and undecorated paper; two flyleaves at the upper end of the textblock, three at the lower end.
Copy-specific note
Most of the plates and some of the illustrations are hand-painted.
Copy-specific note
Former ECL shelfmark: DDl.5.9-10.
Copy-specific note
Missing first blank page of v.1.
Subject
Heraldry Spain Catalonia.
Added entry--name
Martí, Mauro, ? - -1754? printer.
Added entry--name
Burrell, Joseph Frederick, 1909 - 1983 former owner.
Added entry--name
Lleopart, Anastasio engraver.
Added entry--name
Valli, Ignatio engraver.
Added entry--name
Bayliss, Gerald Matthew former owner.
Added entry--place
Spain Barcelona.
Language code
spa
Identifier
B51254