Search Results: ancient funerall monuments within the united by weever john

London: Thomas Harper. Worn condition. Modern rebind with new eps and original fep bound in. Repairs to title and dedication pages. Frontis missing. 16 leaves missing - replaced with photocopies. Some 17th century ink annotations. Firmly bound and content in overall good condition. 1631. Reprint. Black hardback cloth cover with black leather spine. 290mm x 190mm (11" x 7"). [xii], 871pp, [xii]. ... As also the Death and Buriall of Certaine of the Blood Royall; the Nobilitie and Gentrie of these Kingdomes Entombed in Forraine Nations. A Worke Reviving the Dead Memory of the Royall Progenie, the Nobilitie, Gentrie, and Communaltie, of these his Majesties Dominions. Intermixed and Illustrated with Variety of Historical Observations, Annotations, and Briefe Notes Extracted out of Approved Authors, Infallible Records, Lieger Bookes, Charters, Rolls, Old Manuscripts, and the Collections of Judicious Antiquaries. ... Whereunto is Prefixed a Discourse of Funerall Monuments ... Heavy book –… Read More

London: Thomas Harper. Good with no dust jacket. 1631. Hardcover. Contemporary half leather. Boards/spine very worn; front board detached, included; rear board nearly so. Lacking the frontis portrait; includes the beautifully engraved title page. Also missing p. 853. Some minor dampstains, some old marks in text (underlining. ) ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 871 pages .

London: Tho. Harper, 1631. Book. Good. Half-Leather. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 871 pages, engraved title page, 18 woodcut illustrations, some whole page. The beautifully engraved title page is mounted on old paper, old bookplate and old name and date 1854 on front endpaper. Leather on the spine is split a few cm at top and bottom, binding is firm, loss of bottom corner of pages 509-512, misprinting at the top of p. 608. John Weever (1576-1632) was an English antiquary and poet. His Ancient Funerall Monuments, the first full-length book to be dedicated to the topic of English church monuments and epitaphs was published in 1631. The work included a lengthy introductory global overview of his subject, the "Discourse of Funerall Monuments"; and this was followed by a survey of over a thousand inscriptions in the four south-eastern dioceses of England: Canterbury, Rochester, London and Norwich. The book is particularly valuable on account of the subsequent loss of many… Read More

London:: Printed by Thomas Harper,, 1631.. First edition.. old sheep, rebacked.. Old armorial bookplate; old ownership signature on title page; ink notes regarding the illustrations on blank leaf at rear; capable old repairs to the fore-edge of the first few leaves; paper flaw to the fore-edge of p. 719-720 affects a few letters of the printed marginalia; binding considerably rubbed and chipped at the extremities of the spine, but tight and sound. . Folio,. Illustrated with nineteen engravings, eight of which are full-page. This copy lacks the added engraved title page found in some copies, and includes the 14-page index often lacking. .

London: Golden Lion in Little Britaine. Good with no dust jacket. 1631. First Edition. Hardcover. Full title reads = Ancient funerall monuments 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 buriall 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, gentrie, and communaltie, of these his Maiesties dominions. Intermixed and illustrated with variety of historicall obseruations, annotations, and briefe notes, extracted out of approued authors ... Whereunto is prefixed a discourse of funerall monuments ... Composed by the Studie and Trauels of John Weever. Full leather boards with stamped/gilt borders and a large embossed oblong centrepiece with dark ground to the front and back boards,… Read More

London: Thomas Harper, 1631. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. [viii]+ [ii]+ errata leaf, 871, [14] index. Portrait frontis and decorated title page with 5 additional full page woodcuts and 15 in text. 19th century polished calf with gilt rules and corner emblems, gilt dentelles, and marbled endpapers. Ink name at top of title page, light rubbing to the edges, joints a bit cracked at the top, else a much nicer example than usually turns up.