A display of heraldrie . manifesting a more easie accesse to the knowledge thereof than hath beene hitherto published by any, through the benefit of method; whereinto it is now reduced by the study and industry of Iohn Guillim, late Pursuivant of Armes.
John Guillim (1565-1621)
Category
Books
Date
1632
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 3106253
Summary
Bibliographic description
[12],402,[4],403-442,36,[6]p. . ill.., coats of arms . fol.. Title page of second edition supplied in facsimile, incorrectly. Bottom corner of p. 131-136 torn away. Imperfect: lacking p. 171-174, 415-416, 427-428, 433-434 and possibly leaf at end of sequence. Catchwords of "An exact register" and "An exact alphabetical table" do not match, suggesting either missing leaves or that these are interpolations. Provenance: Inscribed on p. 141, 363 and 385: Thomas Wood his Heraldry Booke 1712; on p. 281: Thomas Wood 1718; on p. 366: The 7th day of August the Judges Come to Worcester 1714; and on p. 385 onwards: Thomas Mills. Binding: Eighteenth-century (?) full calf with double blind fillet border and quarter rule; gilt-lettered direct on red spine label: GUILLIM'S DISPLAY OF HERALDRY.
Makers and roles
John Guillim (1565-1621) Francis Nower (d.1670)