‎Nichols Francis: ‎
‎The British Compendium. Or, Rudiments of Honour. Volume I. ‎

‎London, printed by C. Meere, and sold by A. Bettesworth, 1723. In-16 (8,5 x 13 cm) de [6]-120 planches-541-[9 - index, addenda, errata] pages, plein veau brun moucheté, dos à 4 nerfs avec tomaison (I) dorée. Papier un brin foncé, menus défauts à la reliure. Outre les 120 planches du début, contient en hors-texte 12 planches dans la suite du volume. ‎

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‎Sous-titré "Containing the Titles, Descents, Marriages, Issue, Posts, and Seats, of All the Present Nobility of England; With Their Robes, and Arms Exactly Engrav'd on 130 Copper Plates; Being All Entirely New, and Different From What Has Been Done in Any Former Impression. Likewise, the Institution, Creation, and Investiture, of All Degrees of Peerage; and of Several Orders of Knighthood, Viz. the Garter, Thistle, Baronet, and Knight-batchelor: and Lastly of Esquires and Gentlemen. To Which Is Added, the Antiquity of Arms, Their Use, Signification in Their Bearers, and Rules How to Blazon Them; With Atchievements, Whereby to Know What Branch of the Family Is Dead: All Demonstrated by Several Curious Cuts, Never Before Inserted". 5e édition. ‎