Addington, A.C.

THE ROYAL HOUSE OF STUART. The Descendants of King James VI of Scotland, James I of England. Volume Two [only of 3]: The Descendants of Anne Henriette Countess Palatine of The Rhine 1648-1723 and Henri Jules Prince of Condé 1644-1709 ... The Descendants of Louise Princess of Great Britain 1724-1751 and Frederik V King of Denmark 1723-1766.

Charles Skilton Ltd., 1971. 1st Ed. 4to. [xvi] + 409pp. + [vii]. Tipped in colour port. frontis., 37 b/w. plates. Sl. shaken, original gilt lettered beige cloth, spine faded, some sl. fading to lower board and sl. waterspotting to corner, upper board dampstained, t.e.red.

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(Armorial Album).

[ARMORIAL ALBUM]. 26 leaves of emblems artfully displayed within colour designs.

, Square 8vo. Many blank leaves to rear. Inner gilt dentelles, handsome contemporary album tooled in blind and gilt with ‘Matilda’ to upper board in gilt, minor marking, upper joint cracked, lacking locking part of brass clasp, a.e.g.

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Badel, Christophe and Settipani, Christian. (Editors).

LES STRATÉGIES FAMILIALES DANS L’ANTIQUITÉ TARDIVE. Actes du colloque organisé par le C.N.R.S. USR 710 "l’Année épigraphique" tenu à la Maison des Sciences de l’Homme les 5-7 février 2009.

De Boccard, Paris, 2012. Larg 8vo. xx + 472pp. + [ii]. French text. Very good in original black lettered white laminated limp card wrapps.
¶ De l’Archéologie à l’Histoire.

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[Blome, Richard].

AN ALPHABETICAL ACCOUNT OF THE NOBILITY AND GENTRY, Which are (or lately were) related unto the several Counties of England and Wales: As to their Names, Titles, and Seats by which they are (or have been) generally known and distinguished; according as they were received from the Hands of divers Persons in each County experienced therein as well by their Publick Offices, as otherwise. [Taken from Blome’s Britannia].

London: Printed Anno Dom., 1673. Sm. Slim 4to. Title page + (345-462)pp. Lacking all after Nnn3, some light marginal browning, 3 worm holes to lower margins and 1 worm hole to fore edge of leaves, new e.ps., related letter loosely inserted, rebound in gilt lettered brown cloth backed boards lightly browned to edges, head and tail of spine sl. bumped.

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[Bolton, Edmund].

THE ELEMENT OF ARMORIES.

At London : printed by George Eld, 1610. 1st Edition. Sm. 4to. [16], 201, [15] p. Title page device, decorative/historiated initial letters, numerous armorial ills. including one to pp.198 with volvelle. ‘By Edward Bolton’ in pen to lightly soiled title page, light age toning, contemporary calf backed marbled boards, some loss to edges, minor surface loss to boards, title and armorial date labels to spine with loss to head.
¶ STC (2nd ed.) 3220.5; ESTC S209. Edmund Mary Bolton [Boulton], (b. 1574/5, d. after 29 August 1634), antiquary and historian. ‘... Bolton's first full-length work to be published, [the above], is among the several works to be produced in late Elizabethan and Jacobean times dealing with heraldry and coats of arms, a subject in which the gentry of the period had a fervent interest ...’

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Boutell, Charles.

A MANUAL OF HERALDRY, Historical and Popular.

Winsor and Newton .., 1863. 1st Ed. Thick 8vo. 427pp. + [ii]. publ. adverts. 62 plates including one colour, ills. Signature G5 with repaired closed tear, light browning, modern marbled e.ps., rebound in modern brown leather by Brian Humphrey with his snail motif, gilt ruling and motifs with two gilt lettered black labels to spine.

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Brydson, Thomas.

A SUMMARY VIEW OF HERALDRY in reference to the usages of chivalry and the general economy of the feudal system with an appendix respecting such distinctions of rank as have place in the British constitution.

Edinburgh : printed by Mundell & Son London sold by Messrs. Nicol, Egerton, Edwards, Faulder, Hookham & Carpenter, and Vernor & Hood, , 1795. 1st Edition. xvi + 319pp. Pp.9-14 with dust soiling and some marginal loss, signed ‘A Wallop 1800’ to head of title page, front f.ep. adhered along gutter hinge to pastedown, contemporary gilt rule edged calf, some wear to boards, joints cracked in part though firm, gilt tooled spine with loss to head and tail.
¶ ESTC T139673 ‘The titlepage is engraved and signed at the foot: D Lizers sculpt. With a list of subscribers.’ Adam Smith is included in the list of subscribers.

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Burke, Sir Bernard.

BURKE’S GENEALOGICAL AND HERALDIC HISTORY OF THE LANDED GENTRY Including American Families with British Ancestry.

Burke’s Peerage Limited, 1939. Thick Royal 8vo. [ii] + xviii + 3058pp. + [ii]. 54 heraldic colour plates, numerous armorial device to text. Double column text. Some light unobtrusive waterstaining to edges of leaves, a few corners sl. curled, new e.ps., rebound in gilt lettered modern backed red cloth boards, some gilt ruling and black decoration to spine, a.e.speckled.

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Burke, Sir Bernard.

A GENEALOGICAL AND HERALDIC DICTIONARY OF THE PEERAGE AND BARONETAGE. Together with Memoirs of the Privy Councillors and Knights. Edited by His Son.

Harrison and Sons, 1897. 59th Ed. Thick Royal 8vo. [iv] + cxxx + 1822pp. + 28pp. publ. cat. dated 1897 + 16pp. adverts. Red & black lettered title page, numerous armorial devices throughout. Ex.-libris Peter Brian Morris, first and last few leaves sl. spotted, sm. hole to gutter margin of p.i-ii not affecting text, half title browned, later e.ps.?, upper joint cracked but firm, gilt lettered full dark red plasticated imitation leather boards with gilt armorial device to upper board, bevelled edges, t.e.g.

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Burke’s

GENEALOGICAL AND HERALDIC HISTORY OF THE PEERAGE, BARONETAGE & KNIGHTAGE. Founded 1826 by John Burke and Sir Bernard Burke. Edited by L.G. Pine.

Burke’s Peerage Limited, 1959. 102nd Ed. Thick Royal 8vo. xc + 2867pp. + [i]. Numerous armorial devices. Ex.-libris Peter Brian Morris, some sl. adhesion to lower leading corner of a few advert. leaves, original gilt lettered red cloth with large gilt armorial device to upper board, very minor soiling, bevelled edges, corners sl. bumped, spine lightly faded, a.e.speckled red.

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Burke’s

GENEALOGICAL AND HERALDIC HISTORY OF THE PEERAGE, BARONETAGE & KNIGHTAGE. Privy Council & Order of Precedence. Founded 1826 by John Burke and Sir Bernard Burke. Edited by L.G. Pine.

Burke’s Peerage Limited, 1949. 99th Ed. Thick Royal 8vo. ccxc + 2475pp. + [i] [With] 24pp. Addendum loosely inserted. Ex.-libris R.D. Carter, dec. e.ps., original gilt lettered red cloth with large gilt armorial device to upper board, boards lightly soiled and faded, bevelled edges, corners sl. rubbed, spine faded and sl. bumped at head and tail, a.e.speckled red.

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Burke’s

GUIDE TO THE ROYAL FAMILY. Foreword by Admirtal of the Fleet the Earl Mountbatten of Burma.

Burke’s Peerage Limited, 1973. 1st Ed. Royal 8vo. xvi + 358pp. Colour port. frontis. of the Queen, 15 colour armorial plates, profusely illus. throughout in b/w. mainly from photos. Good in sl. chipped d/w.
¶ Burke’s Genealogical Series.

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[Burnet, George].

POPULAR GENEALOGISTS OR THE ART OF PEDIGREE-MAKING.

Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas, 1865. 1st Ed. Sm. Slim 8vo. [iv] + 108pp. Ex.-libris Michaelis Maclagan, another ownership inscription, original gilt lettered blue cloth with gilt ruled edges to upper board, some minor soiling, corners and head and tail of spine sl. bumped, joints rubbed.

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Carter, Matt.

HONOR REDIVIVUS: Or, the analysis of honor and armory; reprinted with many useful and necessary additions; and supply'd with the names and titles of honour of the present nobility of England, the bishops, baronets, Members of Parliament, &c.

printed for Hen. Herringman at the sign of the Blew Anchor in the lower walk of the New Exchange,, 1673. 3rd Edition, Adorned with several Sculptures. [4], 351, [1] p., Armorial frontis. (creased), additional engraved title page, 41 textual woodcuts, 9 plates. 2 leaves with textual annotations, Signature M3 lacking across head, some browning and occasional spotting, old calf, some loss to corners, joints cracked, early reback with original spine laid down, gilt lettered label to spine chipped with loss.
¶ ESTC R1468 ‘An expanded version of the 1655 edition. With an additional title page, engraved, signed R. Gaywood fecit; the plate is an altered version of the one first used in Wing C658. Includes index.’ Third and best edition revised after the Authors death by an unknown friend. Matthew Carter (fl. 1648–1650), royalist army officer. A prominent citizen of Kent, a loyalist he was apppointed quarter-master general of all the Royalist forces at the time of the 1648 uprising in that county which was crushed by Fairfax at Maidstone. Carter moved to Essex and was present at the siege of Colchester beimng imprisoned after Fairfax forced the town to capitulate. It was during this time Carter write the above work which first appeared in 1655 and went into two editions after the Restoration.

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Coats, Mr James.

A NEW DICTIONARY OF HERALDRY, Explaining the Terms us’d in that Science, with their Etymology, and different versions into Latin. Containing all the Rules of Blazon, with Reasons for the same. The original Signification of Bearings. And A concise Account of the most noted Orders of Knighthood that are, or have been; and of Honours and Dignities Ecclesiastical, Civil or Military. The whole design’d to make that Science familiar.

Aaron Ward ... , 1747. Revised and Corrected with a Recommendatory Epistle. [xiv] + 352pp. + [ii] adverts. Historiated initial letters and vignette chapter headings, 7 folding plates. Some light browning, pp.133-40 shaved along tail, with the armorial bookplate of Harry Percy Boord and the name plate of Mary Ethel Margaret Copeman, rebound in modern half calf with marbled boards, gilt rule edged raised bands with gilt lettered title label and Author’s name and date in gilt to spine.
¶ ESTC T134650. ‘A reissue of the 1725 edition with a new titlepage and initial advertisement leaf.’

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