1768 The Peerage of England; Containing a Genealogical and Historical Account of All the Peers of That Kingdom

Description

Illustrated, Leather Binding

Antiquarian Arthur Collins examines the history and lineage of the peerage families of England. Collins discusses their origins, their titles, their coats of arms, and their notable members. He also discusses the history of peerage titles, the duties and privileges of peerage families, and the role of the peerage in English politics and society.

Illustrated with seventeen plates to volume I; fifteen to volume II; twenty-five to volume III; nineteen to volume IV; twenty-three to volume V; forty-five plates to volume VI, and volume VI, illustrated with fifty-four plates. Collated, complete.

ESTC Citation No. T114555

With each volume retaining the original half title.

First published in 1709, this is the expanded fourth edition of the work.

With the armorial bookplate of Edn. Parker to front pastedowns, and with the bookplate of lawyer and book collector David Stather to rear pastedowns.

Bibliographer and genealogist Samuel Egerton Brydges described Collins as 'a most industrious, faithful, and excellent genealogist' whose only failing was a habit of regarding rank and titles with 'too indiscriminate respect and flattery'.