A genealogical history of the kings of England, and monarchs of Great Britain, &c. From the conquest, anno 1066. to the year, 1677. . In seven parts or books. Containing a discourse of their several lives, marriages, and issues, times of birth, death, places of burial, and monumental inscriptions. With their effigies, seals, tombs, cenotaphs, devises, arms, quarterings, crests, and supporters; all engraven in copper plates. Furnished with several remarques and annotations.
Francis Sandford (1630-1694)
Category
Books
Date
1677
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Chirk Castle, Wrexham
NT 3026529
Summary
Bibliographic description
[12], 82 p., 83-94 leaves, 95-578, [12] p., [5] leaves of plates . ill.., geneal. tables . fol.. Previous shelfmark: E.10.11. Identified in 1796 inventory: F 54, price Đ1. 4d. Christies, 21 June 2004, lot 580.. Provenance: Ink-stamp on front pastedown: 'R. M. Biddulph Chirk Castle' [probably either Robert Myddelton Biddulph (1805-1872) or Richard Myddelton Biddulph (1837-1913), pre-1899]. manuscriptshelfmark on front pastedown: "B.8. English history".. Binding: Seventeenth-century mottled calf binding; gilt roll on board edges; gold-tooled spine, with gilt title label. Marbled edges.
Makers and roles
Francis Sandford (1630-1694) Francis Barlow (Lincolnshire c.1626 - London 1704) Richard Gaywood (fl.1650-1680) Wenceslaus Hollar (Prague 1607 - London 1677) Gregory King (1648-1712)