Shelfmark
Gk.3.01
Additional shelfmark
Gl.4.15 (Copy 2)
Author
Title
A display of heraldrie: manifesting a more easie accesse to the knowledge thereof then hath beene hitherto published by any, through the benefit of method, whereinto it is now reduced by the industry of Joh. Gwillim Pursuiuant of Armes..
Publication, distribution, etc.
London: Printed by William Hall for Raphe Mab., 1611..
Physical description
[14], 276, 271-284 p. : ill. (woodcuts), coats of arms (col.) ; 29 cm. (Fol.)
Note
Misattributed to John Barkham.
Note
A reissue of the edition with 1610 colophon and lacking title-page imprint; in this issue the imprint has been overprinted at foot of title page.
Note
Variant (earlier?): title has "Guillim Purseuant".
Note
Pages 271 and 272 misnumbered 265 and 266 respectively.
Note
Signatures: (a)⁴ (b)² A-2N⁴ 2O².
Note
The comma after "method" may be missing.
Citation/references note
ESTC, S120346
Citation/references note
STC (2nd ed.), 12501
Provenance
Ex dono label of Joseph Frederick Burrell, dated 1983, on front flyleaf.
Provenance
Ms. note on front flyleaf: "p. Peter Beavis ? Reverend / To the Right Reverend Father Peter Lord Arch Bishop of saltash Lord Chirt Bavon of the Great Chair in St. Michael's mount / written by Elizabeth Beavis / this was desinged [?designed] for a n".
Provenance
(Copy 2) Bookplate of Sir William Woods on the front pastedown.
Provenance
(Copy 2) Booklabel recording the donation of the book from Sir William Woods to his son Albert William Woods in 1841.
Provenance
(Copy 2) Ex dono label of Joseph Frederick Burrell, dated 1983, on front flyleaf.
Provenance
(Copy 2) Loose card of Burlington Hotel Eastbourne dated 1968 inserted at the end of the book.
Provenance
(Copy 2) Initials 'G.G.' and 'Th: Gr.' on the t.p. A few annotations in the book.
Binding
?17th-century calfskin over pasteboards. Covers decorated with double blind fillets to form a border; additional double fillet on the long margin, an inch from the spine; blind tools at the corners; gilt fillet on boards edges (now faded). Spine flat, decorated with blind fillets. Textblock trimmed and dyed red. Endpapers of undecorated laid paper; pastedowns missing/detached; six flyleaves at the upper end of the textblock, two at the lower end.
Binding
(Copy 2) 17th century calf binding with concentric frames of blind fillets on boards; five raised bands on spine with gold tooling and gold titling on brown leather; one additional flyleaf at the beginning and two at the end of the book; rebacked.
Copy-specific note
Former ECL shelfmark: DDk.4.1.
Copy-specific note
Ms. index on last leaf.
Copy-specific note
(Copy 2) Previously DDk.4.02.
Subject
Heraldry England Early works to 1800.
Subject
Heraldry Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Hall, William, 1752 - 1834 printer.
Added entry--name
Mab, Ralph bookseller.
Added entry--name
Woods, William, ? - d. 1842 Sir former owner.
Added entry--name
Woods, Albert William former owner.
Added entry--name
Burrell, Joseph Frederick, 1909 - 1983 former owner.
Added entry--place
England London.
Language code
eng
Identifier
B51323