ANDERSON, James. A Genealogical History of the House of Yvery.

THE PERCEVALS OF CORK

[ANDERSON, James] A Genealogical History of the House of Yvery; in its Different Branches of Yvery, Luvel, Perceval, and Gournay. With plates, numerous genealogical tables and coats-of-arms throughout the text. London: Printed by H. Woodfall, jun. 1742. pp. (1) [2], xxix, [1], 445, 3 (plates), (2) 448-533, [1], [19] mezzotint portraits, [10] engraved plates (complete). Title printed in red and black. Later half calf over marbled boards. Spine divided into six panels by five gilt raised bands, title in gilt on red morocco label in the second, volume number in gilt direct in the third. A very good set. Very rare.

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John Perceval, 1st Earl of Egmont (1683-1748), known as Sir John Perceval, Bt, from 1691 to 1715, as The Lord Perceval from 1715 to 1722 and as The Viscount Perceval from 1722 to 1733, was an Anglo-Irish politician. He was born at Burton, County Cork, the second son of Sir John Perceval, 3rd Baronet, and Catherine, daughter of Sir Edward Dering, 2nd Baronet. His father died when he was two, and in 1691, he succeeded his elder brother as fifth Baronet.