Firma burg

Title

Firma burg

Alternative Title

Full title: Firma burgi, or, An historical essay concerning the cities, towns and buroughs of England. : Taken from records.

Creator

Maddox, Thomas, 1666-1727

Publisher

London : Printed by William Bowyer : And sold by Robert Gosling at the Middle-Temple-Gate in Fleetstreet

Date

MDCCXXVI 1726

Format

[24], 297, [29] pages ; 41 cm

Description

Title vignette.
Engraved head- and tailpieces and initials, the former signed variously by: Jos. Grisoni, Vertue, and J. Clark.
List of subscribers: preliminary p. [10]-[12].
Last page blank.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Mostly in English but with large sections taken from records in Latin.

Provenance

Bookplate: Ex Libris Daniel Robert Woolf, FRSC.
Contemporary owner's signature: [B. Heighton]
Bookseller's shipping manifest removed to item file.
Rebacked with contemporary boards.

Contributor

Gift of Daniel Woolf,
Grisoni, Giuseppe,1699-1769, illustrator,
Vertue, George, 1684-1756, engraver,
Clark, John, 1688-1736, engraver,
Bowyer, William, 1699-1777, printer,
Gosling, Robert, -1741, bookseller.

Language

English

Identifier

JS3041 .M2 1726,
English Short Title Catalogue, T97070,
Goldsmiths', 6493

Files

Firma Burgi.jpg

Collection

Citation

Maddox, Thomas, 1666-1727, “Firma burg,” Schulich-Woolf Rare Book Collection, accessed May 4, 2024, https://schulichwoolf.omeka.net/items/show/1064.