The blazon of gentrie : deuided into two parts : the first named The glorie of generositie, the second, Lacyes nobilitie : comprehending discourses of armes and of gentry : wherein is treated of the beginning, parts, and degrees of gentlenesse, vvith her lawes : of the bearing, and blazon of cote-armors, of the lawes of armes, and of combats / compiled by Iohn Ferne, gentleman, for the instruction of all gentlemen bearers of armes, whome and none other this worke concerneth

Digital image file name57070Call numberSTC 10825 copy 2
Page/opening:
A1 verso – A2 recto
Catalog link
https://catalog.folger.edu/record/159123
Creator
Author: Ferne, John, Sir, approximately 1560-1609
Created/published
At London : Printed by Iohn VVindet, for Andrevv Maunsell, 1586
Place of creationGreat Britain, England, LondonDate1586Note(s)Reference citation note: Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.) (STC), 10825, Reference citation note: English short title catalogue (ESTC), S101912, Copy note: HH85/33. Cambridge-style binding. Manuscript notes. Wanting last blank. Illustrations colored, augmented by addition of a few hand-drawn illustrations. Cancels pasted in. Provenance: inscription of William Grafton on t.p.; possibly Pembroke Library copy; Harmsworth copyExtent20 cm (4to)Associated name(s)Printer: Windet, John, -1610, Bookseller: Maunsell, Andrew, -1595, Signer: Burghley, William Cecil, Baron, 1520-1598, Signer: Alleyn, Edward, 1566-1626, Signer: Alleyn, William, active 1592, Signer: Grafton, William, active 16th century, Signer: Cromwell, Ric. active 1613, (Richard), Former owner: Bedford, William, "Animum fortuna sequatur", Former owner: Harmsworth, R. Leicester Sir, 1870-1937, (Robert Leicester), Former owner: Folger, Henry Clay, 1857-1930, Former owner: Folger, Emily C. J. 1858-1936, (Emily Clara Jordan), Former owner: Smyth, Edw active 1604, (Edward), Former owner: Smythe, Tho. active 1680, (Thomas), Former owner: Creary, Willm. active 1784, (William), Former owner: Browne, Anne, active 1784, Former owner: Piepho, Lee, 1942-2013Genre/form(s)Armorials (reference sources), Illustrated books, Dialogues, Instructional materials, Descriptions (documents), AnnotationsSubject(s)Lacy family, Lincoln, Earls of, Heraldry, GentryRightshttps://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/, https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Digital image type
High resolution image
Credit
Folger Imaging Department
Member ofSTC imprints, Pre-1831 imprints