The British compendium [electronic resource] : 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.
1725
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The British compendium [electronic resource] : 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.
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Nichols, Francis, 18th cent.
Uniform Title
British compendium. Vol.2
Edition
The second edition: with an addition of 200 pages. The whole new modell'd. Vol.II.
Imprint
London : printed by C. Meere, and sold by A. Bettesworth in Pater-Noster Row, [1725]
Place of Publication or Printing
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Language
English
Description
viii,511,[1]p.,plates ; 16⁰.
Note
Anonymous. By Francis Nichols.
Titlepage in red and black.
Price from imprint: price Seven Shillings and Six Pence.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
Titlepage in red and black.
Price from imprint: price Seven Shillings and Six Pence.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
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English Short Title Catalog, T77909.
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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