Author
Gore, Thomas, 1632-1684
Title
Catalogus in certa capita, seu classes, alphabetico ordine concinnatus, plerorúmque omnium authorum, (tam antiquorum quàm recentiorum) qui de re heraldica Latinè, Gallicè, Italicè, Hispanicè, Germanicè, Anglicè, scripserunt: : interspersis hìc illic, qui claruerunt in re antiquaria, & jure civili, eâ saltem parte quæ heraldriæ facem accendit. Undè viris nobilibus, nec non omnibus aliis rei heraldicæ studiosis innotescat de insignibus gentilitiis: heraldis: de principum nobiliúmq[ue] genealogiis: baptismatibus: nuptiis: inaugurationibus: conviviis: coràm colloquiis foederibus: triumphis, &c. Quorum pleniorem & luculentiorem lectori rationem, elenchus capitum qui præfationi libelli hujus subnectitur, exhibebit. / A Thoma Gore, armig..
Imprint
Oxon. : typis Leon. Lichfield, acad. typog. et prostant venales apud Ric. Davis,, 1674..
Physical description
[32], 72, 65-80, 89-138, [2] p. ; 22 cm (4to)
Note
First published (1668) under title: Catalogus alphebeticè digestus .. authorum .. qui de re heraldica .. scripserunt.
Note
Text in Latin and English.
Note
First leaf is blank.
Note
Imprimatur on leaf pi2v: I James Earle of Suffolke, ... Doe therefore licence the printing thereof; Given under my hand, and the seales of the office of Earle Marshall, at Whitehall this 29th day of December 1673. Suffolke D.M.
Note
Text and register continuous despite pagination.
Note
With final errata leaf.
Note
Signatures: pi⁴ a-c⁴ A-R⁴ S².
Note
Title page has single-rule border.
Citation/references note
Wing (CD-ROM, 1996), G1298
Citation/references note
Madan, III, 3011
Citation/references note
ESTC, R37401
Reproduction note
Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. University Microfilms International, 1980. 1 microfilm reel ; 35mm. (Early English books, 1641-1700; 1093:14).
Provenance
Inscription on upper endleaf: "Seth Saru[m] Donum Authoris Sept: 5. 1678.". A manuscript presentation statement occupies most of one upper endleaf.
Provenance
Salisbury Cathedral Library bookplate (19th century) with 13th-century Dean and Chapter seal and inscription “Sarum Cathedral Library.”
Binding
17th-century sprinkled brown calf over paper boards; sewn on four supports; boards decorated with gilt fillets forming two concentric rectangular frames, with gilt stamps at inner and outer corners of inner frame; the leather within the inner frame has been stained; spine with four raised bands, and gilt fillets and stamps; gilt roll around board edges; text block edges gilded; marbled endleaves; evidence of chain-plate at fore-edge of lower board.
Copy-specific note
A folded leaf of plates, with engraved coat of arms and motto "Vi et virtute" has been added before the first gathering.
Copy-specific note
An engraved head-piece has been pasted to the head of leaf a1; an engraved tail-piece has been pasted to the tail of page 138 (i.e. final page).
Copy-specific note
"T.5.14" written in ink on verso of marbled free upper endleaf; possibly a former shelfmark.
Subject
Heraldry Bibliography Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Lichfield, Leonard, -1686 printer.
Added entry--name
Davis, Richard, active 1646-1688 bookseller.
Added entry--name
Gore, Thomas, 1632-1684 donor.
Added entry--name
Ward, Seth, 1617-1689 former owner.
Added entry--place
England Oxford.
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