The institution, laws & ceremonies of the most noble Order of the Garter. : Collected and digested into one body by Elias Ashmole of the Middle-Temple Esq; Windesor Herald at Arms. A work furnished with variety of matter, relating to honor and nobleese.
1672
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The institution, laws & ceremonies of the most noble Order of the Garter. : Collected and digested into one body by Elias Ashmole of the Middle-Temple Esq; Windesor Herald at Arms. A work furnished with variety of matter, relating to honor and nobleese.
Created/published
London : Printed by J. Macock, for Nathanael Brooke at the Angel in Cornhill, near the Royal Exchange, MDCLXXII. [1672]
Description
[12], 130, 135-136, 149-719, [105] p., [34] leaves of plates (15 folded) : ill., port., coats of arms ; (fol.)
Associated name
Ashmole, Elias, 1617-1692, author.
Hollar, Wenceslaus, 1607-1677, printmaker.
Sherwin, William, active 1670-1710, printmaker.
Colt, Harris Dunscombe, 1901-1973, former owner.
Colt, Armida Maria-Theresa, former owner.
Hollar, Wenceslaus, 1607-1677, printmaker.
Sherwin, William, active 1670-1710, printmaker.
Colt, Harris Dunscombe, 1901-1973, former owner.
Colt, Armida Maria-Theresa, former owner.
Note
Title page in red and black.
With a preliminary license-to-print leaf.
Text and register continuous despite pagination.
With a final errata leaf.
Nearly all the engravings signed by Wenceslaus Hollar. The portrait of King Charles II was engraved by William Sherwin.
Signatures: []² a⁴ B-4U⁴ a-2c².
With a preliminary license-to-print leaf.
Text and register continuous despite pagination.
With a final errata leaf.
Nearly all the engravings signed by Wenceslaus Hollar. The portrait of King Charles II was engraved by William Sherwin.
Signatures: []² a⁴ B-4U⁴ a-2c².
Cited/described in
Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (CD-ROM, 1996), A3983
English short title catalogue (ESTC), R16288
English short title catalogue (ESTC), R16288
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Great Britain -- England -- London.
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A3983 (folio)
Folger-specific note
222719. With [33] plates, 15 of which are folded. Front fly-leaf has the following watermark: "Thos [Thomas] Edmonds / 1804." Engraved armorial bookplate signed: H. Hays sc. 168 Regent St. Provenance: engraved armorial bookplate of Baron Northwick (motto "par ternis suppar"); bookplate of Armida Maria-Theresa and Harris Dunscombe Colt; Folger Library gift of Mrs. H. Dunscombe Colt