The union of honour. . Containing the armes, matches and issues of the kings, dukes, marquesses and earles of England from the Conquest, untill ... 1640. With the armes of the English viscounts and barons ... and of the gentry of Lincolnshire. Whereunto is annexed, a briefe of all the battels ... since the Conquest, till ... 1602. Collected out of the most approved authours, ...
James Yorke (fl.1640)
Category
Books
Date
1641
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3012543
Summary
Bibliographic description
[16],331,[1],76,52,[4]p. . ill.. (woodcuts) . fol. Running number: 1426. Provenance: library of Sir Richard Ellys (1682-1742) of Nocton, Lincolnshire. Manuscript inscriptions on front pastedown: [1] "M." [i.e. catalogue code of John Mitchell (ca. 1685-1751), librarian to Ellys]; [2] "10.6"; [3] name inscribed on recto of front pastedown, illegible, "D[…] H[…]leij". Eighteenth-century price inscribed on verso of lower endleaf: "7-0". Binding: seventeenth-century full sprinkled calf over boards, triple blind fillet frame; gilt dashed roll along board edges; five raised bands. Eighteenth-century leather repairs to upper cover and head and tail of spine; gilt tooling to spine and goatskin label applied after repairs. Red sprinkled edges.
Makers and roles
James Yorke (fl.1640), author Thomas Rawlins (1620-1670), engraver (printmaker)