The English baronets. . Being a genealogical and historical account of their families. I. A particular account of the institution of this order, by King James the First; ... V. A short account of the institution of the order of baronets of Nova Scotia, and those of Ireland. With an explanatory index of the terms in heraldry, refering to the arms. Illustrated with their coats of arms, curiously engraven on copper plates.
Thomas Wotton (c.1695 - 1766)
Category
Books
Date
1727
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Chirk Castle, Wrexham
NT 3039145
Summary
Bibliographic description
2v. . ill.. . 16mo.. Previous shelfmark: C.5.7-8. Imperfect: wanting vol. 3. Identified in 1768 inventory: D 58 "English baronets", price 6d. Christies, 21 June 2004, lot 572.. Provenance: Bookplate in both vols.: Chirk Castle R. E. Myddelton [i.e. Robert Edward Myddelton (1866-1949)]; crest, signed and dated: W.P.B. 1914. manuscript inscription on front fly-leaf in both vols.: "Liber Roberti Maurice De Astrad in Com. Denbigh A.D. 1729".. Binding: Eighteenth-century calf bindings; single blind fillet border on boards; gilt roll on board edges; red gilt title label on spines. Marbled endpapers.
Makers and roles
Thomas Wotton (c.1695 - 1766)