A discoverie of certaine errours published in print in the much commended Britannia, 1594. . Very preiudicial to the discentes and successions of the auncient nobilitie of this realme. By Ralphe Brooke, Yorke Herault at Armes. ... To which is added, the learned Mr. Camden's answer to this book; and Mr. Brooke's reply. Now first published from an original manuscript in the library of John Anstis Esq; Garter King at Arms.
Ralph Brooke (1553-1625)
Category
Books
Date
1724
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Ham House, Surrey
NT 3126823
Summary
Bibliographic description
vi,[8],77,[11],32,196p.,plate . ill.., port.. . 4to.. Not indigenous. Imperfect: unnumbered prelims to pt. 1 ([8]p.) wanting, including added title page. Frontispiece affixed to flyleaf with paper tape. Loosely inserted: clipping from dealer's catalogue, unrelated to provenance. Provenance: Loosely inserted: typed letter from Guntrip's bookshop (Tonbridge) offering this and other works to E. C. Stanley Norris on approval. [E. C. Stanley Norris (d.1960), father of Norman Norris]. Twentieth-century crest bookplate: Norman E. S. Norris, Patcham [i.e. Norman Norris (1917-1991)]. Bequeathed to the National Trust by Norman Norris (1917-1991). Inscribed on pastedown in Norris's hand: Bt. Guntrip 27.xi.36. Binding: Eighteenth-century half calf binding; marbled paper over boards; spine gilt with title 'Brooke's Discoverie'; sewn on five raised bands.
Makers and roles
Ralph Brooke (1553-1625)