The institution, laws & ceremonies of the most noble Order of the Garter. Collected and digested into one body by Elias Ashmole of the Middle-Temple Esq; Windesor Herald at Arms. A work furnished with variety of matter, relating to honor and nobleese

People / Organizations

• Elias Ashmole (Author)

Imprint

London : printed by J. Macock, for Nathanael Brooke at the Angel in Cornhill, near the Royal Exchange, MDCLXXII. [1672]

Added name

Hollar, Wenceslaus, 1607-1677, engraver.; Sherwin, William, active 1670-1710, engraver.

Publication year

1672

ESTC No.

R225555

Grub Street ID

98715

Description

[12], 130, 135-136, 149-720, [104] p., [34] leaves of plates (15 folded) : coats of arms, ill., port. ; 2°.

Note

A reissue of the 719-page edition (ESTC R16288), with pp. 717-719 reset and various mispaginations corrected

Title page in red and black

With a preliminary license-to-print leaf

Text and register continuous despite pagination

With a final errata leaf

Nearly all the engravings signed by Wenceslaus Hollar. The portrait of King Charles II was engraved by William Sherwin.