A display of heraldry. : By John Guillim, Pursuivant at Arms. The sixth edition. Improv'd with large additions of many hundred coats of arms, under their respective Bearings, with good Authorities from the Ashmolean Library, Sir George Mackenzie, &c. With his tract of precedency, containing all his rules, observations, Arguments, and chief Instances. To which is added, A treatise of honour military and civil, According to the Laws and Customs of England. By Capt. John Logan. Illustrated with the arms, crests. , Supporters, and Motto's of the royal family, and nobility: The Arms of the Sees of the English Bishops, and several of the Gentry. Together With the proper Habits of the different Degrees of the Nobility of England, and the Emblems of the chief Orders of Knighthood in Europe; all fairly engraven on Copper Plates. Also an exact list of the baronets, from their first Creation to this present Time; and most of their Arms Blazon'd. With an Account of the Customs, Government, and Privileges of the City of London, the other Cities of England, and Shire-Towns of each County, and their Arms. Likewise a supplement of scarce tracts relating to the office of arms, taken from Authentick Copies. and A dictionary, explaining the several terms used by heralds, in English, Latin and French. With proper tables to the whole.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Guillim, John, 1565-1621.

Series:

Eighteenth century collections online. Part 1.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Heraldry.

Physical Description:

10 unnumbered pages,20 pages, 2 unnumbered pages,460 pages, 4 unnumbered pages,65 pages, 1 unnumbered page,65-215 pages, 1 unnumbered page,221-275 pages, 1 unnumbered page,58,24 pages, 22 unnumbered pages, plates : illustrations,portraits ; 2⁰

Other Title:

Display of heraldrie

Place of Publication:

London : printed by T. W. for R. and J. Bonwicke and R. Wilkin, in St. Paul's Church-Yard. And J. Walthoe and Tho. Ward, in the Temple, MDCCXXIV. [1724]

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Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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Notes:

Titlepage in red and black.

Mackenzie's 'Observations upon the laws and customs of nations, as to precedency', 'The second part of honour civil' and 'A dictionary, explaining the several terms used by heralds' each have a divisional titlepage, separate register and pagination.

Pp. 65-66 repeated in pagination, text continuous. Pp.217-220 omitted in pagination; but text and register continuous.

Braces in title.

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, T140947.

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.