The British compendium : or, rudiments of honour. Containing the origin of the Scots, and succession of their Kings for above 2000 Years: Also the titles, Descents, Marriages, Intermarriages, Issue, Posts, and Seats of all the Scottish nobility, with their Robes, and Arms, exactly Engrav'd on So Copper Plates. Likewise, the institution, Creation, and Investiture, of all Degrees of peerage , and of several Orders of knighthood, viz. the Garter, Thistle, Baronet, and Knight-Batchelor: And lastly of Esquires and Gentlemen. To which is added, the antiquity of arms, and an introduction to heraldry, with above 600 Examples, for attaining a perfect Knowledge in that Science; and to them are subjoined the Atchievements and Regalia made use of at Funerals, with an Account of the Office and Dignity of an Herald.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nichols, Francis, active 18th century.

Series:

Eighteenth century collections online. Part 1.

Standardized Title:

British compendium. Vol.2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Heraldry--Great Britain.

Heraldry.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

viii,511 pages, 1 unnumbered page,plates ; 16⁰

Edition:

The second edition: with an addition of 200 pages. The whole new modell'd. Vol.II.

Place of Publication:

London : printed by C. Meere, and sold by A. Bettesworth in Pater-Noster Row, [1725]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Notes:

Anonymous. By Francis Nichols.

Titlepage in red and black.

Price from imprint: price Seven Shillings and Six Pence.

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T77909.

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