British family antiquity; illustrative of the origin and progress of the rank, honours, and personal merit, of the nobility of the United Kingdom. Accompanied with an elegant set of chronological charts... By William Playfair, Esq...
William Playfair (1759-1823)
Category
Books
Date
1809 - 1811
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Ormesby Hall, Redcar and Cleveland
NT 3115229
Summary
Bibliographic description
9v., plates . 4to.. Imperfect: vols. 6-9 only. With a scrap of paper (remnant of typewritten and MS. letter) laid in at v.6, p.636 to mark Pennyman section.. Provenance: Armorial bookplate, lettered: Sir William Pennyman Bart. [i.e. 7th Bart. 1764-1852)]. Inscription on endpapers: "Sir William Pennyman Bart". 1811.. Binding: Morocco, gold-tooled; gold edges, marbled endpapers. Spine title: Playfair's Baronetage.
Makers and roles
William Playfair (1759-1823)