A history of the College of Arms. . And the lives of all the kings, heralds, and pursuivants, from the reign of Richard III. founder of the College, until the present time. With a preliminary dissertation relative to the different orders in England, particularly the gentry, since the Norman conquest. Taken from records, manuscripts, and other the most indisputable authorities. By the Rev. Mark Noble, F.A.S. of L. and E. Rector of Barming, in Kent, and Domestic Chaplain to George Earl of Leicester.
The Reverend Mark Noble (1754-1827)
Category
Books
Date
1805
Materials
Measurements
269 x 223 x 40 mm
Place of origin
England
Collection
Townend, Cumbria
NT 3074194
Summary
Full description
Orientation: Vertical Text Substrate: Hndmade white wove paper (watermark: Fellows 1804) Ink/Pigment: black printing and engraving inkType: BOUND BOOK Binding Type: Inboard binding, recessed supports & hollow Date of Binding: Contemporary Binder's Name: EnglishEnd Leaves: sewn single-fold of plain, white, handmade laid paper, the outer leaf pasted.to the board Structure: EnglishEdges: plain-cut, finely sprinkled with a red-brown pigment, polished Spine Lining: Slight round, square joints, artificial hollow back with 5 false bandsEnd Bands: stuck-on green bookcloth folded over cylindrical cores Bookmark: NoneBoards: 4mm rope-fibre board, back-cornered, select lace, slips 1, 3 and 5 laced through two holes, angled up in the left board, down in the right. Covering: Half tanned straight-grain sheep/goat and combed marbled paper with french curl on the sidesTooling Spine: old-tooled 1 line tool across bands with small gold-tooled leaf-tool at each end; titled direct in gold in panel 2.Tooling Sides:Furniture: NoneEnclosure: NoneBinding Notes: Bookplate of Edmund Ellice, overwritten by George Browne
Bibliographic description
[8],2,[4],449,lxiip., [4] plates . ports.. (engr.) . 4to.. Provenance: Bookplate on front pastedown: 'Edward Ellice', with ms.: "George Browne, Troutbeck" [i.e. George Browne, 1779-1838].. Binding: Quarter bound marbled paper binding.
Makers and roles
The Reverend Mark Noble (1754-1827)