Temporal, three useful Plates teaching the Art of Heraldry, &c. &c. &c. By Mr. Kimber. The
Second Edition, carefully corrected.
London: Printed for
H. Woodfall,
J. Fuller,
G. Woodfall, [and others]
1769.
12mo. 168 leaves, 14 leaves of engraved arms by J. Lodge.
When still a British subject Jefferson was interested in coats of arms. On February 20, 1771, he wrote from Monticello to
Thomas Adams in London: “
. . . one farther favor and I am done. to search the Herald’s office for the arms of my family. I have what I have been told
were the family arms, but on what authority I know not. it is possible there may be none. if so I would with your assistance
become a purchaser, having Sterne’s word for it that a coat of arms may be purchased as cheap as any other coat . . .
”
Edward Kimber, 1719-1769, English novelist and compiler. The first edition of his
Peerage of England was published in 1766.
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95
Kimber’s peerage of Scotland.
1815 Catalogue, page 19. no. 17, Kimber’s Peerage of Scotland, 16s.
[KIMBER,
Edward.]
The Peerage of Scotland; a genealogical and historical account of all the peers of that ancient kingdom; together with a like
account of all the attainted peers; and a list of those nobles whose titles are extinct.
London: Printed for
J. Almon [and others],
1767.
First Edition. 12mo. 111 leaves, 96 engraved coats of arms.
Not in Halkett and Laing.
Lowndes III, page 1271.
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Kimber’s peerage of Ireland.
1815 Catalogue, page 19. no. 18, Kimber’s Peerage of Ireland, 16s.
[KIMBER,
Edward.]
The Peerage of Ireland: A Genealogical and Historical Account of all the Peers of that Kingdom; their Descents, Collateral
Branches, Births, Marriages, and Issue . . . In
Two Volumes. Vol. I [-II].
London: Printed for
J. Almon,
T. Cadell,
R. Baldwin,
S. Crowder,
Robinson and Roberts,
S. Bladon, and
Johnson and Davenport,
1768.
CS488 .K5
First Edition. 2 vol. vol. I, 141 numbered engraved coats of arms on 71 pages, 76 leaves of text; vol. II, 125 leaves of text;
on the last page is the
Directions to the Book-Binder, with a list of the cancels in both volumes.
Halkett and Laing IV, page 319.
Lowndes III, page 1271.
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97
History of the Robinhood society.
12
mo.
1815 Catalogue, page 18. no. 19, as above.
The History of The Robinhood Society. In Which the Origin of that illustrious Body of Men is traced; The Method of managing
their Debates is shewn . . . Chiefly compiled from Original Papers . . .
London: Printed for
James Fletcher and Co.,
1764.
HS2865 .L7 R62
