KIMBER, Edward. The Peerage of Ireland. A Genealogical and Historical Account of all the Peers of that Kingdom; their descents, collateral branches, births, marriages and issue … together with the paternal coats of arms, crests, supporters and mottoes. Also complete lists of the baronets, extinct peers and Chief Governors of Ireland. Some Account of the Ancient Kings.

Illustrated with 141 engraved coats of arms. Two volumes. London: Printed for J. Almon, opposite Burlington-House in Piccadilly … and Johnson and Davenport in Pater-noster, 1768. pp. (1) [cxlii], 145, (2) [ii], 248. Contemporary full calf. From the library of Michael Smith Esq. and Rev. George Edm. Cotter with their armorial bookplates at front. Spines of both volumes professionally rebacked, titled in gilt on red morocco labels. A fine set. Very rare.

COPAC locates 9 copies. WorldCat 5. ESTC T63482 with 4 locations in Ireland. Attributed to Edward Kimber by Halkett and Laing, more often attributed to Isaac John Beasley.

an important eighteenth-century genealogical and heraldic reference, documenting the Irish peerage and the histories of Ireland’s aristocratic families. Kimber records family descents, collateral branches, marriages and issue, together with coats of arms, crests, supporters and mottoes. The work extends beyond the hereditary peerage to include baronets, extinct titles, Chief Governors of Ireland and accounts of the ancient Irish kings. A valuable source for Irish genealogy, family history and heraldry, it provides a detailed record of noble lineages and their relationships, making it particularly useful to historians, genealogists and collectors of early Irish historical works.

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