The Knowsley Hall Copy. Rittershausen (Nicolaus), Genealogiæ...

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£500

The Knowsley Hall Copy. Rittershausen (Nicolaus), Genealogiæ Imperatorum [...], third edition, Tubingæ [i.e. Tübingen]: Impensis Johannis Georgii Cottæ, 1664, title-page printed in black and red, with woodcut printer's device, the printed pedigrees uniquely interleaved with manuscript genealogies of English families, a few with armorial bearings, some 'cartulary' transcripts of earlier indentures, annotated and transcribed by various English hands of mixed dates, though all attributed to the Rouge Croix Pursuivant in the 1843 Sothebys' catalogue, early 19th century English russia gilt, upper-cover detached and with worm trail, lower-cover sturdy if rubbed, spine chipped and rubbed, gilt turn-ins, all edges, gilt, marbled endpapers, folio. 

Provenance: 1) William Radclyffe (1770-1828), Rouge Croix Pursuivant, College of Arms, his armorial bookplate to verso of ffep. 2) William Noel-Hill, 3rd Baron Berwick of Attingham Park, Shropshire (1773-1842), ink MS inscription 'Purchased by Bohn May 1 1843 at Ld Berwick's Sale/Lot 954 - 2.2. - for me Derby/Knowsley. 3) Edward Smith-Stanley, 13th Earl of Derby (1775-1851), armorial bookplate to pastedown, further inscriptions including the volume's place in the library Private Library/West Division/East Bookcase/Shelf 1 No. *.