The British compendium: . or, rudiments of honour. Containing the descents, marriages, issue, titles, posts, and seats of all the nobility of England. With their arms, crests, ... and robes, ... Likewise, the institution, creation and investiture of all degrees of peerage, and the several orders of knighthood. The sixth edition, with many additions and amendments. Vol. I.
Francis Nichols (18th century)
Category
Books
Date
1726
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Belton House, Lincolnshire
NT 3057867
Summary
Bibliographic description
[6],xvi,544,[8]p.,plates . ill.. . 8vo.. The plates numbered 21, 22, 25, 26, 67, 68, 78, 79, and 80 have apparently failed to print (cf. British Library copy on ESTC). Shelved with vol. 2, 2nd ed., 1725. Provenance: Bookplates: John Brownlowe, viscount Tyrconnel (armorial); Belton House (earl's coronet & crests). Old Belton pressmark on pastedown: 144. Binding: Eighteenth-century calf binding, gilt fillet borders. Spine gilt.
Makers and roles
Francis Nichols (18th century)