The English baronets.. Being a genealogical and historical account of their families. I. A particular account of the institution of this order, by King James the First; ... V. A short account of the institution of the order of baronets of Nova Scotia, and those of Ireland. With an explanatory index of the terms in heraldry, refering to the arms. Illustrated with their coats of arms, curiously engraven on copper plates.
Thomas Wotton (c.1695 - 1766)
Category
Books
Date
1727
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3249948
Summary
Bibliographic description
3v. ill. 16mo. Running number: 1162. Provenance: manuscript inscription in brown ink and underlined on upper pastedown of vol. 1: "22.I.32.35.". Manuscript inscription in pencil on upper pastedown of vol. 1 marking the work as a first edition. Binding: eighteenth-century sprinkled brown calf, bound in boards; single gilt fillet border; blind roll pattern on board edges; gilt fillets and vol. no. on spine (worn on vols. 2 and 3); raised bands, sewn on four supports, two laced-in; endbands (loose), front beads; red and brown sprinkled edges; pastedown with guard. Woodworm damage from 2L in vol. 2.
Makers and roles
Thomas Wotton (c.1695 - 1766)