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.
John Guillim (1565-1621)
Category
Books
Date
1638
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 3177253
Summary
Bibliographic description
[16], 167, 170-433, [1] p. : ill. (woodcuts) ;. fol. Former shelfmark: VY.5[?] ; AA Bq 25 ; Cup. g 13. Contains commendatory verses, first leaf signed (a). Ink note on front flyleaf (17th c.). Provenance: Inscribed on front flyleaf: "JD 1669" ; "John De La Bere" "Ann De La Bere" [not identified]. Also inscribed on title page: "John De=La=Bere". Nineteenth-century trefoil monogram book plate: "GIHEL" [? Georgiana Crewe nee Stanhope Lovell (1824-1910)]. Binding: Seventeenth-century full polished sprinkled calf, quarter quatruple blind fillet, with double blind fillet forming a border. Gilt gauffered edges (single fillet). Five raised bands, blind tooling on spine. Paper spine label, black lettered (prob. ms): Guillim's Display of heraldry 1638. Edges sprinkled red.
Makers and roles
John Guillim (1565-1621)