Shelfmark
Gk.2.14(01)
Additional shelfmark
[Copy 2] Gl.3.16(01)
Author
Title
Observations upon the laws and customs of nations, as to precedency. By Sir George Mackenzie of Rosehaugh, His Majesty's advocat in the kingdom of Scotland..
Publication, distribution, etc.
Edinburgh, : Printed by the heir of Andrew Anderson, printer to His most sacred Majesty,, anno Domini, M.DC.LXXX. [1680]
Physical description
[18], 92, 89-92, p., [1] leaf of plates : port. ; 30 cm. (Fol.)
Note
Frontis. portrait of George Mackenzie signed: P. Vandrebanc sculpsit.
Note
Title within simple double-lined border; headpiece and decorated initials.
Note
With inserted leaf, ([chi]1) p. [17]-[18], which has caption title "Advertisement from the author, to be subjoyned to the third chapter of the precedency.".
Note
Text and register (with exception of the inserted leaf) are continuous despite pagination.
Note
Errata on [three stars]2v.
Note
Signatures: A² a² ²a² [chi]² (-[chi]2) [three stars]² A-Z² Aa².
Citation/references note
ESTC, R5733
Citation/references note
Wing (CD-ROM, 1996), M186
Provenance
19th-century armorial bookplate of Eton School Library with ex dono of Mrs Oliphant on front pastedown of sammelband.
Provenance
[Copy 2] Inscription of John Birnie of Broomhill on t.p.; his coat of arms with the motto 'Sapere aude incipe' pasted on the verso of the t.p. with a note and his signature.
Provenance
[Copy 2] Manuscript notes with references to the content on the first and last flyleaves.
Provenance
[Copy 2] Ex dono label of Joseph Frederick Burrell, dated 1983, on the front pastedown.
Binding
Sammelband. Repaired 18th-century partly speckled calfskin over pasteboards. Covers decorated with double blind fillets to form a border; blind rolls form two concentric panels with tools at the outer corners; speckled pattern only on inner and outer panels; gilt roll on board edges (now almost completely faded). Spine rebacked with five raised bands, decorated with blind rolls and tools, as well as gilt titling ("Mackenzie -- Scotland's heraldry"; "1680"). Textblock trimmed and sprinkled red. Endpapers of undecorated paper; one flyleaf at both ends of the textblock.
Binding
[Copy 2] 17th century mottled calf; five raised bands with gold fillets and gold titling on red leather; rebacked; red and brown sprinckled edges; one flyleaf on both ends.
Copy-specific note
Advertisement leaf is last leaf of the sammelband, i.e. after Gk.2.14(02).
Copy-specific note
Bound with another item, shelfmark Gk.2.14(02): The science of heraldry.
Copy-specific note
[Copy 2] Old shelfmark on the verso of the front flyleaf A.III.C.II. Previously DDl.3.09.
Copy-specific note
[Copy 2] Bound with another item, shelfmark Gl.3.16(02): The science of heraldry.
Subject
Precedence Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Banck, Pieter van der, 1649 - 1697 engraver.
Added entry--name
Oliphant (Margaret), 1828 - 1897 former owner.
Added entry--name
Birnie, John of Broomhill, 1643 - 1716 former owner.
Added entry--name
Burrell, Joseph Frederick, 1909 - 1983 former owner.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Eton College School Library former owner.
Added entry--place
Scotland Edinburgh.
Language code
eng
Identifier
B51312