The union of honour. . Containing the armes, matches and issues of the kings, dukes, marquesses and earles of England from the Conquest, untill this present yeere, 1640. With the armes of the English viscounts and barons now being: and of the gentry of Lincolnshire. Whereunto is annexed, a briefe of all the battels which have beene fought and maintained by the English since the Conquest, till the yeere 1602. Collected out of the most approved authours, former or moderne, by James Yorke, black-smith.
James Yorke (fl.1640)
Category
Books
Date
1640 - 1641
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Belton House, Lincolnshire
NT 3057707
Summary
Bibliographic description
[16],331,[1];52,[4];76p. . ill.. (woodcuts), coats of arms . fol... With engraved title page with dated imprint. Errata leaf bound before 'Briefe collection of battels'. Bookseller's oval ticket on pastedown: 'Pickering Bookseller 198 Piccadilly'. Prev. at 17.Ext.2.21. Provenance: Pencil note on flyleaf with price 'Đ7. 7. 0' and 'From Pickering's Library 1869 / M M A' [= Lady Marian Alford (1817-1888)]. Bookplate: Belton House (earl's coronet & crests). Old Belton pressmarks on flyleaf: 13; XLIV 8 (large, printed in oval). Binding: Nineteenth-century panelled tan grained morocco binding, with double gilt fillet border; all edges gilt. Spine gilt.
Makers and roles
James Yorke (fl.1640) Thomas Rawlins (1620-1670)