1726 Heraldry, Genealogy. Banner Display\'d, Samuel Kent, John Guillim 2V NF 1stE For Sale

1726 Heraldry & Genealogy. Banner Display\'d, Samuel Kent, John Guillim 2V NF 1stE

The Banner Display\'d
Or
an Abridgement of Guillim
Being a Compleat System of Heraldry,
in All Its Parts, With Proper Cuts and Tables Two Volume SetbySamuel Kent
John Guillim

Printed for Thomas Cox, London 1726 & 1728. First Editions.
Two volumes.
Bound in full calf pebbled leather (20th century) with blind ruled borders on boards, black spine labels with gilt spine titles (lettering worn) Octavos, Paged continuously: (vi), 570 pp. & (iv), 571 - 894 pp. with 2 engraved title pages, 6 full page plates & hundreds of heraldic engravings in the text, glossary, indexes.

This is an abridgment of John Guillim\'s A Display of Heraldry, the first ever to systematise the subject.
\"The method pursued ... is the same as in The Display, but the philosophical digressions are omitted and above 300 coats inserted, with historical and genealogical accounts of the families therein mentioned\"--Moules\' Bibliotheca heraldica.

John Guillim (c. 1565 ? 7 May 1621) of Minsterworth, Gloucestershire, was an antiquarian and officer of arms at the College of Arms in London. He is best remembered for his monumental work on heraldry, A Display of Heraldry, first published in London in 1610.Early life and education
Most sources date the birth of John Guillim to 1565 in the county of Hereford. However, it is possible he may have been born around 1550. He was the son of John Guillim of Westbury-on-Severn in Gloucestershire. This part of England is very close to the border with Wales and Guillim\'s ancestors were probably of Welsh extraction. He was educated at Brasenose College in Oxford University.Heraldic career
The first record of his involvement with heraldry is the Earl Marshal\'s warrant, dated 23 February 1604, permitting him to wear the tabard of the Portsmouth Pursuivant Extraordinary. From Michaelmas 1613 he was receiving a salary from the College of Arms, although his official appointment as Rouge Croix Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary was not made until 1618 The Display of Heraldry was written in about 1610 and was re-printed as early as 1611. Following Guillim\'s death seven further editions of the work appeared, the last in 1724. Some sources suggest that the original author of the Display of Heraldry was in fact a clergyman named John Barkham who was unwilling to have the work published in his own name.

CONDITION: Very Good+ to Near Fine. (Covers are in almost pristine shape with the only defect being the gilt on the spine lettering being worn. Name of early owner written at top of Title Page of V2. The Contents are uncommonly fresh and bright with occasional light marginal foxing spots. Two leaves (285/6, 839/40 have short marginal closed tears. Tight bindings.)

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