Accession number
PML 145585-86
Creator
Watson, John, 1725-1783.
Published
Warrington : Printed by William Eyres, 1782 [i.e. 1785]
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Complete description of the publication is in Moule.
Engravings by James Basire, who also illustrated some of the material.
Facsimiles reproduce several medieval documents.
Frontispiece portrait of the author in v. 1.
Illustrated with over 50 engravings and hundreds of engraved coats of arms, intitial letters, and decorative head- and tailpieces, printed within the text.
Index in each volume.
Pagination: v. 1: vi, 304, [16] p., [35] leaves of plates (5 folded); v. 2: [2], 245, [11] p., [19] leaves of plates (1 folded).
Plates are dated 1785.
Portrait of the Earl and Countess of Arundel and Surrey, v.2 following p. 18, with armorial devices on their costumes.
Portraits of several members of the Warren and Surrey families.
Signatures: v. 1: pi²[-pi2, blank?] B-2K⁴; v. 2: A⁴[-A4, blank] B-2U⁴; A4 in v. 2 was cut to create a stub for the folded genealogical table.
Engravings by James Basire, who also illustrated some of the material.
Facsimiles reproduce several medieval documents.
Frontispiece portrait of the author in v. 1.
Illustrated with over 50 engravings and hundreds of engraved coats of arms, intitial letters, and decorative head- and tailpieces, printed within the text.
Index in each volume.
Pagination: v. 1: vi, 304, [16] p., [35] leaves of plates (5 folded); v. 2: [2], 245, [11] p., [19] leaves of plates (1 folded).
Plates are dated 1785.
Portrait of the Earl and Countess of Arundel and Surrey, v.2 following p. 18, with armorial devices on their costumes.
Portraits of several members of the Warren and Surrey families.
Signatures: v. 1: pi²[-pi2, blank?] B-2K⁴; v. 2: A⁴[-A4, blank] B-2U⁴; A4 in v. 2 was cut to create a stub for the folded genealogical table.
Description
2 v. : ill., coats of arms, facsims., genealogical tables, maps, plans, ports. ; 31 cm
Provenance
Richard Colt Hoare (armorial binding); Henry Hope Edwardes (armorial bookplate); Henry S. Lee Wilson (armorial bookplate); Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
Blue morocco, gold-tooled, by H. Walther.
Classification
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Department