91
Philips’s grandeur of the law.
12
mo.
1815 Catalogue, page 19. no. 14, as above.
[PHILIPPS,
Henry.]
The Grandeur of the Law: or, An exact Collection of the Nobility and Gentry of this Kingdom, whose Honors and Estates have
by some of their Ancestors been acquired or considerably augmented by the Practice of the Law, or Offices and Dignities relating
thereunto . . . By H. P. Gent.
London: Printed for
Arthur Jones,
1684.
First Edition. 8vo. 148 leaves, the last a blank, engraved portrait frontispiece of the Right Honorable Francis Lord Guilford,
Lord Keeper of the Great Seal of England to whom the book is dedicated.
Halkett and Laing II, page 402.
Arber, Term Catalogues II, page 616.
STC P2022.
[413]
92
The laws of honour.
8
vo.
1815 Catalogue, page 20. no. 58, as above.
The Laws of Honour: or, A Compendious Account of the Ancient Derivation of all Titles, Dignities, Offices, &c. as well Spiritual
as Temporal, Civil or Military . . . The whole illustrated with proper Sculptures, engrav’d on Copper Plates. To which is
added, An Exact List of Officers Civil and Military, in Great Britain, as they properly and distinctly fall under the supream
Officers of the Kingdom, or are any Way remarkable in the Dispatch of publick Business.
London: Printed for
R. Gosling,
1714.
CR3891 .L3
First Edition. 8vo. 279 leaves, engraved frontispiece in compartments with a portrait of Queen Anne in the centre, 2 full-page
engraved plates, all by Van der Gucht; appendix with separate alphabet and pagination. Two editions, both in 8vo., were published in 1714. It is not possible to
know which was in the Jefferson collection. On page 66 of the Appendix is a list of the
Governors Of Her Majesty’s Territories in America, with the numbers of Counsellors and Assembly-Men.
Not in Halkett and Laing.
Lowndes II, 1105.
[414]
93
The arms of the nobility of Gr. Brit. & Ireland.
1815 Catalogue, page 20. no. 15, The arms of the nobility of Great Britain and Ireland, 16s.
Tabulae Illustres, or the Paternal Arms of the present Nobility of Great Britain and Ireland.
London,
1747.
16mo. No copy of this work has been located for collation.
Not in Halkett and Laing.
Not in Lowndes.
[415]
94
Kimber’s peerage of England.
1815 Catalogue, page 19. no. 16, as above, 16s.
KIMBER,
Edward.
The Peerage of England. A complete View of the several Orders of Nobility, their Descents, Marriages, Issue, and Relations;
their Creations, Armorial Bearings, Crests, Supporters, Mottos, Chief Seats, and the High Offices they possess . . . Together
with an Introduction . . . also The Arms of all the Lords Spiritual and
