The institution, laws & ceremonies of the most noble Order of the Garter; . and a brief account of all other military orders of knighthood in England, Scotland, France, Spain, Germany, Italy, Swedeland, Denmark, &c. With the ensigns of the several orders. By Elias Ashmole, late of the Middle-Temple Esq; Windsor Herald at Arms. The whole work adorned with sculptures, and furnished with variety of matter, relating to honour and nobless. The catalogue of the Knights-Companions and Officers, continued to 1693.
Elias Ashmole (1617-1692)
Category
Books
Date
1693
Materials
Measurements
365 x 241 x 66 mm
Place of origin
England
Collection
Erddig, Wrexham
NT 3048447
Summary
Full description
Orientation: Vertical Text Substrate: handmade laid paper Ink/Pigment: black printing ink Type: BOUND BOOK Binding Type: Inboard binding, raised supports Date of Binding: contemporary Binder's Name: Cambridge End Leaves: Separate pastedowns with open joints. Stubs only survive of outside hook type (?) endleaves - two at the front and three at the back.Structure: Sewn on 6 single (?) cordsEdges: Plain cut, densely sprinkled with red pigment and polished Spine Lining: Rebacked End Bands: Worked left to right 2/2 in plain uncoloured thread over paper-roll cores Bookmark: NoneBoards: Paper laminate boards (couched laminate?), all slips laced in at angles (down on front joint, up on back) Covering: Tan-coloured tanned calf with a fine, sparse, black sprinkle Tooling Spine:Tooling Sides: tooled in blind with a double panel each with corner fleurons and double fillet border. Gilt roll on board edges. Furniture: None Enclosure: NoneBinding Notes: Typical Cambridge binding of the 1690s. Erddig bookplate inside front board
Bibliographic description
[4],136,149-720,[112]p., [32] plates (15 folding, 5 double-sided) . ill.. . fol... Pagination: [12], 136, 149-720, [104] p., [16] leaves of plates (3 single leaves, 13 folded leaves).. Provenance: Bookplate: Erthig (anonymous armorial).. Binding: Late seventeenth-century blind panelled calf binding; gilt roll on board edges. Rebacked with modern tan sheepskin[?].
Provenance
Given by Philip Yorke III (1905-1978) along with the estate, house and contents to the National Trust in 1973.
Makers and roles
Elias Ashmole (1617-1692)