Shelfmark
Gk.2.09
Title
A collection of coats of arms borne by the nobility and gentry of the county of Glocester..
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Printed and sold by J. Good. 159 New Bond Street., MDCCXCII. [1792]
Physical description
[2], 49, [1], 7 p., [62] leaves of plates (engravings) : ill., coats of arms ; 30 cm. (4to)
Note
Signatures: [A]² (-[A]2) B-M² N⁴ (-N4) A⁴.
Note
The titlepage is engraved.
Note
Sig. B is headed by engravings of 'The ancient seal of the city of Glocester'; a variant sig. B was issued headed by the ancient and modern arms of the city of Glocester.
Note
Taken chiefly from 'Ancient and present state of Glostershire' by Sir Robert Atkyns and 'A new history of Gloucestershire' by Samuel Rudder.
Note
Compiled by Sir George Napier.
Note
Edited by Sir G. Nayler (from Guide to printed books and manuscripts relating to English and Foreign Heraldry and Genealogy being a catalogue ... by George Gatfield).
Note
Coats of arms engraved by Ames of Bristol.
Note
A proposal for this work was published bearing the title: 'A proposal for publishing by subscription, a collection of coats of arms'.
Note
With a list of subscribers, and a slip bound into the prelims., "The second volume will be published as soon as possible", apparently never published.
Citation/references note
ESTC, T105267
Citation/references note
Guide to printed books and manuscripts relating to English and Foreign Heraldry and Genealogy being a catalogue of works of those brances of literature, p.138
Provenance
Ex dono label of Joseph Frederick Burrell, dated 1983, on front pastedown.
Binding
18th-century quarter-bound vellum and marbled paper over pasteboards. Covers undecorated. Spine flat, decorated with gilt fillets and titling over black label ("Arms of Glocestershire [sic] families"). Textblock trimmed. Endpapers of undecorated paper; one flyleaf at both ends of the textblock.
Copy-specific note
18th-century ms. note on front flyleaf: "By Sir George Naylor, GarterPrincipal King of Arms".
Subject
Heraldry England Gloucestershire Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Napier, George G. (George Glen) compiler.
Added entry--name
Nayler, George, 1764? - 1831 Sir, editor.
Added entry--name
Good, Joseph, active 1781 - 1794 printer, bookseller.
Added entry--name
Burrell, Joseph Frederick, 1909 - 1983 former owner.
Added entry--place
England London.
Language code
eng
Identifier
B51299