The academy of armory, or, A storehouse of armory and blazon. Containing the several variety of created beings, and how born in coats of arms, both foreign and domestick. With the instruments used in all trades and sciences, together with their terms of art. Also the etymologies, definitions, and historical observations on the same, explicated and explained according to our modern language. Very usefel [sic] for all gentlemen, scholars, divines, and all such as desire any knowledge in arts and sciences. By Randle Holme, of the city of Chester, gentleman sewer in extraordinary to his late Majesty King Charles 2. And sometimes depurty for the Kings of Arms.

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  • The academy of armory, or, A storehouse of armory and blazon. Containing the several variety of created beings, and how born in coats of arms, both foreign and domestick. With the instruments used in all trades and sciences, together with their terms of art. Also the etymologies, definitions, and historical observations on the same, explicated and explained according to our modern language. Very usefel [sic] for all gentlemen, scholars, divines, and all such as desire any knowledge in arts and sciences. By Randle Holme, of the city of Chester, gentleman sewer in extraordinary to his late Majesty King Charles 2. And sometimes depurty for the Kings of Arms.
  • Store house of armory & blazon. containeing all thinges borne in coates of armes both forraign and domestick. With the termes of art used in each science
People / Organizations
Imprint
Chester: printed for the author, MDCLXXXVIII. [1688]
Publication year
1688
ESTC No.
R21065
Grub Street ID
86768
Description
[12], 107, [11], 488, [2], 501, [1] p., [1] leaf of plates : coats of arms ; 2⁰
Note
With an added engraved title page (plate): A store house of armory & blazon. containeing all thinges borne in coates of armes both forraign and domestick. With the termes of art used in each science.

Extends only through liber III, ch. 13. The contents includes liber III, ch. 14-21, and liber IV, ch. 1-15, as "ready for the press" .. "if encouraged by liberal and free contributors." A unique copy in the Royal Library at Windsor contains 191 printed pages of this portion. In 1905 all that could be found of it, liber III, ch. 14-22, and liber IV, ch. 4-13, was printed for the Roxburghe Club from the ms. in the BM (Harleian ms. 2033-35).
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DFONOTE jre: Title reads "...sometimes deputy for..."; pag: [14], 107, [11], 124, 123-220, [2], 221-448,...p., [3] leaves of plates...; plates are: 1) leaf (additional coats of arms) trimmed, mounted and bound before ?F1, 2) one leaf (table) bound between ?3F3 and ?3F4, and 3) one leaf (table) bound between ?3F4 and ?3G1; prelim. pag. includes engr. t.p. signed "P. Edwards Scul:"; pressfigures (*, [ ]) found throughout Books 2 and 3; divisional t.p.s: "The second book..." on (b)4r and "The third book..." on ?pi1r; includes index