The theater of honour and knight-hood. Or A compendious chronicle and historie of the whole Christian vvorld. Containing the originall of all monarchies, kingdomes, and estates, with their emperours, kings, princes, and gouernours; their beginnings, continuance, and successions, to this present time. The first institution of armes, emblazons, kings, heralds, and pursuiuants of armes: with all the ancient and moderne military orders of knight-hood in euery kingdome. Of duelloes or single combates, with their originall, lawes, and obseruations. Likewise of ioustes, tourneyes, and tournaments, and orders belonging to them. Lastly of funerall pompe, for emperours, kings, princes, and meaner persons, with all the rites and ceremonies fitting for them. VVritten in French, by Andrew Fauine, Parisian: and aduocate in the High Court of Parliament. M. DC. XX.
Andrée Favyn
Category
Books
Date
1623
Materials
Measurements
347 x 229 x 84 mm
Place of origin
London
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3005181
Summary
Bibliographic description
[42], 108, 107-580, 571-572; 286, 285-406, [18], 407-538, [2] p. : ill. (woodcuts), coats of arms ; fol. Former shelfmark: 5.k.30. Running number: 1393. Provenance: manuscript inscription on second front fly-leaf: "M. Coll. & perf." [i.e. catalogue code and "Collated and perfect", written by John Mitchell (ca. 1685-1751), librarian to Sir Richard Ellys (1682-1742)]. Manuscript inscription on title page: "Edward Horsley his Booke January the first day 1659" [i.e. Edward Horsley (d. 1668), of York, herald painter]. Manuscript price at head of title page: "pri 2l-0-0". Binding: seventeenth-century full sprinkled calf; sewn on six raised bands; double blind fillet border; single gilt fillet along board edges; rebacked (after 2002) in calf with original spine retained; gilt fillet decoration and gilt title on brown leather label on original spine; red sprinkled textblock edges; manuscript number "15" on fore-edge of textblock.
Makers and roles
Andrée Favyn, author Anthony Munday (1553-1633), translator