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Ancient fvnerall monvments within the vnited monarchie of Great Britaine, Ireland, and the islands adiacent, : with the dissolued monasteries therein contained ; their founders, and what eminent persons haue beene in the same interred ; as also the death and bvriall of certaine of the bloud royall ; the nobilitie and gentrie of these kingdomes entombed in forraine nations ; a worke reuiuing the dead memory of the royall progenie, the nobilitie, gentri, and communaltie, of these his Maiesties dominions ; intermixed and illustrated with variety of historicall obseruations, annotations, and briefe notes, extracted out of approued authors, infallible records, lieger bookes, charters, rolls, old manuscripts, and the collections of iudicious antiquaries ; whereunto is prefixed a discourse of funerall monuments ; of the foundation and fall of religious houses ; of religious orders ; of the ecclesiasticall estate of England ; and of other occurrences touched upon by the way, in the whole passage of these intended labours / composed by the studie and trauels of John Weever.
Author
Weever, John, 1576-1632
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Book
Language
English
Published/Created
London : Printed by Thomas Harper ; and are to be sold by Laurence Sadler at the signe of the Golden Lion in little Britaine, 1631.
Description
[18], 871, [15] p., [1] leaf of plates : ill., port. ; 30 cm. (fol. in 6s)
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Special Collections - Rare Books
1497.96q Oversize
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Subject(s)
Monuments
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Great Britain
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Epitaphs
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Great Britain
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Great Britain
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Biography
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Annotator
Gibbon, John, 1629-1718
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Printer
Harper, Thomas, -1656
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Bookseller
Sadler, Laurence, -1664
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Annotations (Provenance)
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woodcuts (prints)
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Notes
Added t.p., engraved and signed 'T. Cecill sculp.'
Portrait of the author dated 1631 signed 'T. Cecill sculp.'
Signatures: pi⁶A⁴B-4D⁶4E⁴a-b⁴(-b4).
Leaf S3 is signed "R3".
Ornamental head-pieces and initials.
Includes index; some copies lack the index, some have the genuine index, while others have a reprint ca. 1800. Cf STC (2nd ed.).
No more published; the work covers only the dioceses of Canterbury, Rochester, London, and Norwich.
Ex copy has numerous ms. notes by John Gibbon and others in margins and on inserted leaves.
In 1958, numerous leaves were removed and transfered to the Manuscript Division and given the title: Commonplace book material, 17th century (AM 16022). As of January 2014, these leaves have the call number C1286, box 1, folder 31A.
Provenance
Ex copy is that belonging formerly to John Gibbon (1629-1718) writer on heraldry and genealogy.
References
ESTC S118104
STC (2nd ed.) 25223
Upcott, W. Engl. topography, I, p. xx
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Also available in an electronic version.
Place name(s)
England London.
Other title(s)
Ancient funeral monuments within the united monarchy of Great Britain, Ireland, and the islands adjacent
LCCN
04025734
OCLC
2341664
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