Notitia Monastica

1695 ENGLISH Monastery Notitia Monastica Tanner Monastics Illustrated Heraldry Thomas Tanner was a 17th-century English Bishop known for his book 'Notitia Monastica'. This is a work that reports on the religious houses, sects, and denominations of the England and Wales as well as the monasteries, abbeys, churches, colleges, and cathedrals in Britain. This 1695 edition features 200 engraved figures of heraldic… Read more about this item

London: John Tanner, 1744. Hardcover. Very good. Folio. xliv, (10), 722 pp followed by the index and several pages of corrigenda. Frontispiece portrait of the author; engraved vignette on title page, repeated on last leaf; three plates depicting the arms of 213 monasteries described in the text. Contemporary full calf; spine in 7 compartments with raised bands; leather… Read more about this item

London: Printed by William Bowyer ... and Sold by John Whiston, 1744.. [4],xliv, 3 plates of monastic arms, [10],722,[54]pp. Folio. Old calf, neatly rebacked to style (but with incorrect date at toe of spine). Portrait. Foretips a bit worn, binding a bit rubbed, light occasional foxing, but a very good copy. Second, considerably enlarged edition, published under the auspices… Read more about this item

LONDON. WILLIAM BOYER. 1744. HARDBACK. VERY GOOD. . SECOND EDITION FOOLSCAP FOLIO. VERY GOOD REBOUND IN FULL LEATHER WITH A NEW SPINE AND PERHAPS THE ORIGINAL BOARDS WHICH ARE WORN. RAISED BANDS TO THE SPINE GILT TITLES AND GILT DECORATIONS. FRONTISPIECE OF TANNER TITLE DEDICATION PREFACE( xliv) NOTES ON THE ARMS OF MONASTRIES (7)… Read more about this item

London: Printed by William Bowyer, 1744. Second Edition. Full Leather. Very Good. Folio. Pp. 2 p.l., xliv, [10], 722, [54] index. Copper-engraved frontis portrait by George Vertue, and 3 full-page plates of coats of arms, printer's device and small engraving on last page. Contemporary full calf, sides with double gilt-ruled border, spine with double gilt rules flanking raised… Read more about this item