A display of heraldrie: . manifesting a more easie accesse to the knowledge thereof then hath beene hitherto published
John Guillim (1565-1621)
Category
Books
Date
1611
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 3012573
Summary
Bibliographic description
[14],276, 271-284p. . ill.. (woodcuts) . fol... Not identified in the 1768 catalogue. With imprint overprinted at foot of title page. 24 loose botanical plates inserted [printed, c.1800?] (23 inserted at front, 1 inserted between pp.110-111); signed G.B. Register: [1],a4,A-H4,I2[wanting I2-3],K-2N4,2O2. Sig. 2D2 mis-signed 2D3. Imperfect: wanting pp.65-68 (sigs. I2-3). Bookseller's advertisements bound-in at rear, [c.1853?]: 'British and Foreign Literary Establishment. John Gray Bell, bookseller and stationer, dealer in autographs, manuscripts, portraits, prints and literary miscellanies.'. Provenance: Manuscript inscriptions: (1) on front flyleaf, p. 1[cropped], beneath colophon and on rear flyleaf: Geo Banks; (2) on title page [cropped] and sig. [a]1 [cropped]: R. Willin [?] Feb. 4. 1798.. Binding: half calf, marbled paper [mid-nineteenth century?]; single gilt ruled; spine gilt; binder's ticket on rear pastedown: Bound by Wm. Picken. 38 Tavistock Street, Devonport.
Makers and roles
John Guillim (1565-1621)