Shelfmark
Iaa1.1.20
Author
Bedford, W. K. Riland (William Kirkpatrick Riland), 1826 - 1905 (William Kirkpatrick Riland),
Title
The blazon of episcopacy / by W. K. Riland Bedford.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : John Russell Smith, M.DCCC.LVIII. [1858
Physical description
viii, 144, [24] p., [1], 61 leaves of plates : ill. (1 col.) ; 22 cm.
Note
Additional title page printed in colour.
Note
"Valuable and interesting books published or sold by John Russell Smith, 36, Soho Square, London": [24] p. at end.
Note
Publisher's brown cloth case binding with blind-stamped decoration on boards and gilt spine title; pale yellow endpapers; untrimmed edges.
Provenance
Hand-coloured armorial bookplate of H. S. Grazebrook; with pencil annotations in his hand in the margins and on the endpaper.
Provenance
Tipped-in ALS from the author dated Sutton Coldfield, 24 Feb. 1871, enclosing additions and corrections to the list of Worcester bishops since the book's publication; presumably addressed to Grazebrook in connection with his The heraldry of Worcestershire, 1873.
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of Eton College Library with ms. note "bought 1896".
Copy-specific note
Tipped in at front: 'Specimen plate from Rev. J. Woodward's new work on ecclesiastical heraldry ... W. & A. K. Johnston, Edinburgh & London' with prospectus on verso, inviting subscriptions up to 31 Oct. 1893.
Subject
Subject
Subject
Heraldry, Sacred Great Britain.
Subject
Bishops England Heraldry.
Added entry--name
Smith, John Russell, 1810 - 1894 publisher.
Added entry--name
Grazebrook, H. Sydney (Henry Sydney), 1836 - 1896 former owner.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B52513