The institution, laws & ceremonies of the most noble Order of the Garter. . Collected and digested into one body by Elias Ashmole of the Middle-Temple Esq; Windesor Herald at Arms. A work furnished with variety of matter, relating to honor and noblesse.
Elias Ashmole (1617-1692)
Category
Books
Date
1672
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Belton House, Lincolnshire
NT 3026653
Summary
Bibliographic description
[12],130,135-136,149-719,[105]p., [34] leaves of plates (15 folded) . coats of arms, ill.., port.. . fol.. With title page of 1693 edition (Wing A3984; ESTC r000497) tipped in. Provenance: Brownllow arms on binding = 1st earl Brownlow. Signature on title page: Waite Gray's Inn 1740. Bookplate: Belton House (earl's coronet & crests). Binding: Calf (eighteenth-century) Arms added later in gilt on both boards. Front board and some preliminary leaves detached. In book-shoe.
Makers and roles
Elias Ashmole (1617-1692) Wenceslaus Hollar (Prague 1607 - London 1677) William Sherwin (Wellington 1645 - 1711) Order of the Garter