The English Peerage; or, A View of The Ancient and Present State of The Englsh Nobility: To Which is Subjoined: A Chronological Account of Such Titles as have Become Extinct, From The Norman Conquest to The Beginning of The Year 1790.

CATTON Charles.

Published by London: Printed by T. Spilsbury and Son, for G.G.J and J. Robinson, Paternoster-Row, 1790

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First edition. Three volumes, quarto (32 x 25cm), a tall copy. 'A favourite book with herald painters and engravers, on account of its tasteful examples of shields and supporters.'- Bohn. Vol. I, pp. [iv],viii,iv,487; Vol. II, pp. [iv],iv,310,224,28; Vol. III, pp. [ii],126ff. With two frontispiece portraits & 126 full-page armorial crests drawn by Charles Catton and engraved by F. Chesham. The frontispieces to the first two volumes slightly foxed, otherwise the work clean & fresh, with some very light and occasional foxing to the margins. Smartly bound in late 19th C. half crushed morocco, gilt, teg, marbled endpapers, a few light marks mostly to the cloth sides. Vg. [Moule DCLXXXV; Lowndes 1817; Pollen 1564; Alexander 205; Bohn 292].

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The English Peerage; or, A View of The Ancient and Present State of The Englsh Nobility: To Which is Subjoined: A Chronological Account of Such Titles as have Become Extinct, From The Norman Conquest to The Beginning of The Year 1790.
• Publisher: London: Printed by T. Spilsbury and Son, for G.G.J and J. Robinson, Paternoster-Row
• Publication Date: 1790