Shelfmark
Gk.5.10
Author
Title
Le blason des armoiries, auquel est monstree la maniere de laquelle les anciens & modernes ont vsé en icelles. Traicté, contenant plusieurs escus differens, par le moyen desquels on peut discerner les autres, & dresser ou blasonner les armoiries. Reueu, corrigè amplifié par l'auteur auec augmentation de plusieurs armoires, tant anciennes que modernes..
Publication, distribution, etc.
A Lyon : Pour Barthelemi Vincent., MDLXXXI. [1581]
Physical description
[12], 247 [i.e. 246], [2] p. : coats of arms ; 25 cm. (Fol.)
Note
Many errors in pagination, but a significant error is the omission of p. 182.
Note
Signatures: [par]⁶ A-2H⁴.
Note
Leaf Hh4 is blank on the verso, with a cartouche on recto, with text: 'Acheve d'imprimer le XI. de Feburier l'an M.D.LXXXI.'
Note
Includes head- and tail-pieces; decorated initials.
Note
Dedication signed: Hierome de Bara.
Note
Illustrations: presumably after designs by the author of coats of arms and heraldic devices. Title page contains 2 devices surmounted by a crown.
Note
Errata p. 247 [i.e. 246].
Note
Not listed in Adams.
Provenance
Ex dono label of Joseph Frederick Burrell, dated 1983, on front pastedown.
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of John Newling on front pastedown; ms signature on front flyleaf; "J : Newling Coll : Div : Joan : Cantab : 1784".
Provenance
Title page verso: stamp of British Museum duplicates sale of 1769.
Provenance
Title page verso: ms. signatures reading "N: Charles 1605"; "Nich. Charles Lancaster 1611". Additional signatures reading "Nich: Charles" on leaves [par]4r, 2H4r and p.8.
Binding
?16th-century laced-case vellum binding. Covers undecorated. Spine flat with ink titling ("Blason de armoiries 1581"). Textblock trimmed. Endpapers of undecorated paper; one flyleaf at both ends of the textblock.
Copy-specific note
Former ECL shelfmark: DDk.3.15.
Subject
Devices (Heraldry) Early works to 1800.
Subject
Heraldry Early works to 1800.
Subject
Heraldry France Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Vincent, Barthélemy, fl. 1568 - 1593 printer.
Added entry--name
Burrell, Joseph Frederick, 1909 - 1983 former owner.
Added entry--name
British Museum former owner.
Added entry--place
France Lyon.
Language code
fre
Identifier
B51350