A complete body of heraldry: containing, an historical enquiry into the origin of armories, ... A discourse on the origin, use, and abuse, of funeral trophies. Glover's Ordinary of arms, augmented and improved; an alphabet of arms, ... And a copious glossary, ... In two volumes. ... Carefully compiled ... by Joseph Edmondson, ...
Joseph Edmondson (d.1786)
Category
Books
Date
1780
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Shugborough Estate, Staffordshire
NT 3025901
Summary
Bibliographic description
2v., plates : port. ; fol. Printed correction slip pasted over Rosbon in imprint. Provenance: Armorial bookplate of: 'Thomas Anson Esqr. Shugborough' (printed in red ink); presumably Thomas Anson, 1st Viscount Anson, (1767-1818), though this plate seems to have been pasted into many of the books at Shugborough, and is not necessarily reliable evidence of provenance. Binding: eighteenth-century tree calf; single gilt fillet border; recessed cords; spines gilt; rebacked, nineteenth-century with original spine layed on.
Makers and roles
Joseph Edmondson (d.1786)