NICHOLS, Francis The Irish Compendium: or, Rudiments of Honour, containing The Descent, Marriage, Issue, Titles, Posts, and Seats, of all the Nobility of Ireland. With Their Arms, Crests, Supporters, Mottos, and Parliament Robes, exactly engraved on Copper-Plates. Engraved frontispiece. IRISH PEERAGE IN A FINE BINDING

London: Printed for J. Knapton, in Ludgate-Street ; C. Hitch and L. Hawes, T. Astley and R. Baldwin, in Pater-noster-Row ; and A. Millar, in the Strand, 1756. 16mo. Fifth edition. pp. [vi], 85 (heraldic plates), 561, [4 (index)]. Contemporary full green calf, covers framed by double gilt fillets and a blind floral roll, in the centre crossed lances and battle axes behind a shield. Decorated gilt spine with four raised bands flanked by double gilt fillets and title in gilt on red morocco label in second panel; brown endpapers; red and gold endbands. All edges sprinkled. A superb copy in a fine binding. Very rare.

Jisc Library Hub locates only 5 copies with this imprint. ESTC T78298.

This is the issue in which “Savile, Baron Pollington” begins at the top of p.560, rather than in the middle. The work was intended to form the third volume of Nichols’s British Compendium.

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