Markham (Francis) The Booke of Honour, first edition
Markham (Francis) The Booke of Honour, first edition, with initial blank, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, occasional light foxing, ink inscription to endpaper, contemporary limp vellum, spine stitched, chipping to extremities, [STC 17331], folio by Augustine Matthewes, and John Norton, 1625.
⁂ An attractively-printed work on the origin and status of the various ranks of nobility and knighthood. Francis Markham (1565-1627), served as a soldier in France, Ireland and the Low Countries, he was brother of Gervase Markham.
Provenance: Robert Bell, Kildale (ink inscription).
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Markham (Francis) The Booke of Honour, first edition, with initial blank, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, occasional light foxing, ink inscription to endpaper, contemporary limp vellum, spine stitched, chipping to extremities, [STC 17331], folio by Augustine Matthewes, and John Norton, 1625.
⁂ An attractively-printed work on the origin and status of the various ranks of nobility and knighthood. Francis Markham (1565-1627), served as a soldier in France, Ireland and the Low Countries, he was brother of Gervase Markham.
Provenance: Robert Bell, Kildale (ink inscription).
