| Item Description: | A proposal for this work was published bearing the title: 'A proposal for publishing by subscription, a collection of coats of arms'. - Coats of arms engraved by Ames of Bristol. - Compiled by Sir George Napier. - English Short Title Catalog, T105267. - Reproduction of original from British Library. - Sig. B is headed by engravings of 'The ancient seal of the city of Glocester'; a variant sig. B was issued headed by the ancient and modern arms of the city of Glocester. - Taken chiefly from 'Ancient and present state of Glostershire' by Sir Robert Atkyns and 'A new history of Gloucestershire' by Samuel Rudder. - The titlepage is engraved. - With a list of subscribers, and a slip bound into the prelims., "The second volume will be published as soon as possible", apparently never published |
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