The British compendium: . or, rudiments of honour. Containing the origin of the Scots, and succession of their kings ... Also the titles, descents, marriages, intermarriages, issue, posts, and seats of all the Scottish nobility, ... Likewise, the institution, of all degrees of peerage and of several orders of knighthood, viz. the Garter, Thistle, Baronet, and Knight-Bachelor: ... To which is added, the antiquity of arms, and an introduction to heraldry, ... The second edition, with an addition of 200 pages. The whole new modell'd. Vol. II.
Francis Nichols (18th century)
Category
Books
Date
1725
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Belton House, Lincolnshire
NT 3057866
Summary
Bibliographic description
[6],xvi,544,[8]p.,plates . ill.. . 16mo.. The plates numbered 12, 16, 53, 54, and 64 have apparently failed to print (cf. British Library copies on ESTC). Shelved with vol. 1, 6th ed., 1726. Provenance: Bookplates: John Brownlowe, viscount Tyrconnel (armorial); Belton House (earl's coronet & crests). Old Belton pressmark on pastedown: 144. Binding: Eighteenth-century calf binding, golt fillet borders. Spine gilt.
Makers and roles
Francis Nichols (18th century)