Shelfmark
Gk.5.02
Main entry--corporate name
Title
The statutes of the most noble Order of the Garter..
Publication, distribution, etc.
London, : [s.n.], printed in the year MDCCLXVI. [1766]
Physical description
[4] 60 p., [1] leaf of plates : coat of arms ; 27 cm. (4to)
Note
Probably printed by William Bowyer; his records show 50 copies printed of eight sheets; the client is named as Brotherton -- ESTC.
Note
Last page: "Reprinted by J. Hayes, Dartmouth-Street, Westminster.".
Note
Signatures: [pi]² A-Q².
Citation/references note
Maslen and Lancaster. Bowyer ledgers, 4592
Citation/references note
ESTC, T179906
Provenance
Front pastedown: armorial bookplate of the Earl of Munster, Colonel Fitz Clarence (cut into two to avoid covering the other bookplate); bookplate with initials "WH" and motto "honi soit qui mal y pense" (the same motto is found on the coat of arms displayed on the frontispiece).
Provenance
Ex dono label of Joseph Frederick Burrell, dated 1983, on front flyleaf.
Provenance
Bookplate of Evelyn Philip Shirley, undated, on rear pastedown.
Binding
?19th-century dark blue morocco over mill/pasteboards. Covers decorated with gilt fillet to form a border; gilt fillet on board edges; gilt roll on turn-ins. Spine flat, decorated with gilt fillets and titling ("The statutes of the most noble Order of the Garter.."). Textblock trimmed and gilted. Endpapers of marbled (pastedowns and facing flyleaves) and undecorated paper; five flyleaves at both ends of the textblock.
Subject
Orders of knighthood and chivalry Great Britain Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Bowyer, William, 1699 - 1777 attributed name.
Added entry--name
Hayes, John, active 1801 - 1829 printer.
Added entry--name
Burrell, Joseph Frederick, 1909 - 1983 former owner.
Added entry--name
Shirley, Evelyn Philip, 1812 - 1882 former owner.
Added entry--place
England London.
Language code
eng
Identifier
B51337