The scots compendium, or rudiments of honour : containing the succession of Scots Kings, From Fergus, who founded the Monarchy. also the nobility of Scotland, Present and Extinct; their Titles, Marriages, Descents, and Issue, with all their Posts of Government: Likewise their coats of arms, with those of the Order of the Thistle, perfectly ingraved on Ninety Copper Plates. To which is added, a list of the Scots baronets, and all those peers who have been made Knights of the Thistle, or served in Parliament since the Union; also an Account of the Regalia, the antient Riding of the Parliament, and present Method of Election.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nichols, Francis, 18th cent.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Heraldry--Scotland.

Heraldry.

Nobility--Scotland.

Nobility.

Scotland--Peerage.

Scotland.

Physical Description:

1 online resource ([4],521,[1],iip.,plates )

Edition:

The sixth edition, improved and brought down to the present time.

Other Title:

Scots compendium, or rudiments of honour

Place of Publication:

London : printed for C. Hitch and L. Hawes; T. Astley, R. Baldwin; S. Crowder and W. Woodgate, in Pater-Noster-Row; J. Hodges on London-Bridge, and A. Millar in the Strand, 1756.

Notes:

Anonymous. By Francis Nichols.

Earlier editions were numbered vol. 2 or 3 and intended to form part of the 'British compendium'.

The plates numbered 12, 53, 54, and 64 are in fact blank.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T84501.

OCLC:

642715019