The Round Table. The Order And Solemnities Of Crowning The King: And The Dignities Of His Peerage.
£125.00
Publisher
Printed for W. Goodhugh, 39, Crawford Street; W. Sams,1, St. James's Street; and Simpkin and Marshall, Stationers Court.
Place
London
Date
1820
Synopsis
With remarks in vindication of both.
Item Description
8vo. 5.75x 9 inches. [iv] + 108 pp. Copy may lack half title. Bound in half brown morocco, gilt, over paper marbled boards; spine with contrasting green morocco title label, gilt. A little browning of title and end pages but otherwise a very good copy. Armourial bookplate of Alexander Meyrick Broadley, ex libris The Knapp Bradpole 1895. Illustrated by engraved frontispiece. Published before the crowning of George IV in 1821, this title relates the order of the ceremony with details of the processions, service and prayers. The second part, The Round Table, examines the titles and honours of the nobility. Owned by Alexander Meyrick Broadley (1847-1916), barrister and book collector, of The Knapp, Bradpole, Dorset.
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