Indexes to the County Visitations in the Library at Middle Hill. 1840. and to a few others in the Harl. MSS. British Museum, The Bodleian Library, and Queen's College, Oxford.

Sir Thomas Phillpps

Published by Typis Medio-Montainis Impressit C. Gilmour, Middle Hill, 1841

About this Item

A very scarce work of British heraldry being a extensive index of county visitations. This copy has been handsomely rebound in a quarter morocco binding. With the bookplate of Sir George John Armytage, Baronet to the front pastedown. Rebound in a quarter calf binding with marbled covered boards, and additional pages bound in. With the original paper wrap bound in. As stated in the preface this work professes 'only to give an Index of several Visitations in the Library at Middle Hill'. Heraldic visitation were tours of England, Ireland and Wales that took place in the 16th and 17th centuries, with the intention of regulating and registering the nobility and gentry of the period. With an extensive list of names to the rear of the volume in reference to the Visitation of Staffordshire of 1680, with additional notes to several blank pages throughout the volume. The work also contains two pages of the Index to The London Visitation to the rear of the volume alongside copious handwritten notes. With a small 'Heraldry Today' label to the tail of the rear pastedown. Rebound in a quarter morocco binding, with marbled paper covered boards. Externally smart, with minor shelfwear to the extremities. Previous owners bookplate to the front pastedown, with a small label to the tail of the rear pastedown. Light offsetting to the endpapers. Internally firmly bound. Light spots to the fore edge, and scattered spots throughout. Handling marks to the extremities of the original wrap, and several ink inscriptions throughout. Very Good Indeed.

Seller Inventory # 650C48

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Indexes to the County Visitations in the Library at Middle Hill. 1840. and to a few others in the Harl. MSS. British Museum, The Bodleian Library, and Queen's College, Oxford.
• Publisher: Typis Medio-Montainis Impressit C. Gilmour, Middle Hill
• Publication Date: 1841
• Binding: Leather
• Illustrator: None
• Condition: Very Good Indeed
• Book Type: book