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, 18th cent.

Standardized Title:

British compendium. Vol.2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Heraldry--Great Britain.

Heraldry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii,511,[1]p.,plates )

Edition:

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

Other Title:

British compendium

Place of Publication:

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

Notes:

Anonymous. By Francis Nichols.

Titlepage in red and black.

Price from imprint: price Seven Shillings and Six Pence.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T77909.

OCLC:

642695599