The english compendium : or, rudiments of honour; containing the genealogies of all the nobility of England, Their Titles, Posts, and Seats. Also Their Coronation Robes, with their arms, Crests, Supporters, and Mottos, exactly engraved on Copper-Plates. To which is added, an account of the officers of state, the Institution and Investiture of the several orders of knighthood, and lists of the said orders to the present Time. In three volumes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nichols, Francis, 18th cent.

Standardized Title:

British compendium. Vol.1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nobility--England.

Nobility.

Heraldry--Great Britain.

Heraldry.

Nobility--Great Britain.

Orders of knighthood and chivalry--Great Britain.

Orders of knighthood and chivalry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (3v.,plates ) ill. ;

Edition:

The twelfth edition, corrected and enlarged to the year 1769.

Other Title:

English compendium

Place of Publication:

London : printed for A. Millar, H. Woodfall, W. Strahan, J. Rivington, R. Baldwin, E. Stevens, L. Hawes and Co. G. Keith, S. Crowder, B. Law, R. Horsfield, J. Wilkie, J. Johnson and Co[vant] T. Pote, 1769.

Notes:

Anonymous. By Francis Nichols.

Edited from imperfect title page affecting imprint.

Earlier editions were published as vol.1 of the 'British compendium'.

Variant: the titlepage to vol.1 is of a slightly different setting throughout with the date "1766" in both the edition statement and imprint.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T78297.

OCLC:

642696498