Manuscript, on parchment, of this work on heraldry, chivalry and the laws of war. Bound with two illustrated heraldic treatises copied from printed editions: Sensuyt le blason des armes (Lyons: Claude Nourry, 1527) and Treatyses perteynyng to coatarmour (Westminster: Wynkyn de Worde, 1496).
Alternative Title:
De studio militari
Description:
De officio in Latin; other texts in French and English., Ownership inscription at top of first page: "William Howard 1591.", Bookseller's printed description pasted in on front pastedown., Script: each work in a different professional book hand., Decoration: Headings and initial letters in red and blue; decorated throughout with more than 270 emblazoned coats of arms in colors., and Binding: modern parchment over boards, rebacked.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain., Great Britain, Connecticut, and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Upton, Nicholas, 1400?-1457.
Subject (Topic):
Chivalry, Heraldry, Manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Renaissance, and Nobility
Manuscript, in several different hands, of a compilation of grants of arms, pedigrees registered by the College of Arms, rules of precedence and orders of ceremonies, and related documents. Thought to have been largely compiled by John Philipot, Somerset Herald of Arms (1589?-1645), the volume contains copies of documents originally created between 1563 and 1688
Description:
In English, with a small amount of Latin., Contents preceded by "A Table of the Graunts of Armes contained in this booke" and "A Callender of what is contained in this Booke.", Title transcribed from front cover., Printed bookseller's description pasted on inside front cover., and Binding: contemporary limp parchment; remains of ties.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain, Connecticut, and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Philipot, John, 1589?-1645. and College of Arms (Great Britain)
Subject (Topic):
Gentry, Heraldry, Manuscripts, Renaissance, Nobility, Precedence, and Kings and rulers
Manuscript, on paper, in a single hand, of a genealogy of the rulers of England from Brutus and Julius Caesar to James I, containing short biographies of each individual and illustrated with their emblazoned coats of arms
Description:
In English., Spine title: Arms of the Nobility of England. MS. 1042-1619., Script: English secretary hand., Decoration: more than 600 emblazoned coats of arms, in full color., and Binding: nineteenth-century full polished calf, by Clarke & Bedford.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain., Great Britain, Connecticut, and New Haven.
Subject (Topic):
Heraldry, Kings and rulers, Biography, Genealogy, Manuscripts, Renaissance, and Nobility
Signatures: [A]⁴ B-2L⁶., First leaf is blank., With final contents leaf., First edition 1619., Printed by William Stansby. See E.E. Willoughby. A printer of Shakespeare, 1934., Title page variant: author's name incorrectly spelled "Raphe"., Title-page inscribed: G. Dury, Esq. [17th century hand?], Imperfect: Preliminary blank leaf A₁ wanting., and Formerly laid in: William Roberts Gichard "Commemorative English and French heraldry keepsake". See Lewis Walpole Library 53 C67B B79x
Genealogical table starting with Guerin or Warin de Waldegrave, a Norman through to John Waldegrave, third son born Nov. 27, 1756
Description:
Title from item., Plates numbered '233' and '234' respectively, in upper right corner of plates., Plate engraved for volume 1 of: Segar, William. Baronagium genealogicum. London, 1764., Plates numbered '232', 233' and '234' attached to one another. With manuscript annotations, newspaper clippings, and scraps with manuscript notes pasted on or tipped in, in multiple hands., and For further information, consult library staff.
Genealogical table starting with Guerin or Warin de Waldegrave, a Norman through to John Waldegrave, third son born Nov. 27, 1756
Description:
Title from item., Plates numbered '233' and '234' respectively, in upper right corner of plates., Plate engraved for volume 1 of: Segar, William. Baronagium genealogicum. London, 1764., Plates numbered '232', 233' and '234' attached to one another. With manuscript annotations, newspaper clippings, and scraps with manuscript notes pasted on or tipped in, in multiple hands., and For further information, consult library staff.
Genealogical table starting with Guerin or Warin de Waldegrave, a Norman through to John Waldegrave, third son born Nov. 27, 1756
Description:
Title from item., Plates numbered '233' and '234' respectively, in upper right corner of plates., Plate engraved for volume 1 of: Segar, William. Baronagium genealogicum. London, 1764., Plates numbered '232', 233' and '234' attached to one another. With manuscript annotations, newspaper clippings, and scraps with manuscript notes pasted on or tipped in, in multiple hands., and For further information, consult library staff.
Genealogical table starting with Guerin or Warin de Waldegrave, a Norman through to John Waldegrave, third son born Nov. 27, 1756
Description:
Title from item., Plates numbered '233' and '234' respectively, in upper right corner of plates., Plate engraved for volume 1 of: Segar, William. Baronagium genealogicum. London, 1764., Plates numbered '232', 233' and '234' attached to one another. With manuscript annotations, newspaper clippings, and scraps with manuscript notes pasted on or tipped in, in multiple hands., and For further information, consult library staff.
Genealogical table starting with Guerin or Warin de Waldegrave, a Norman through to John Waldegrave, third son born Nov. 27, 1756
Description:
Title from item., Plates numbered '233' and '234' respectively, in upper right corner of plates., Plate engraved for volume 1 of: Segar, William. Baronagium genealogicum. London, 1764., Plates numbered '232', 233' and '234' attached to one another. With manuscript annotations, newspaper clippings, and scraps with manuscript notes pasted on or tipped in, in multiple hands., and For further information, consult library staff.
