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Genealogy.- The Peerage of England. Genealogies of some Peers Extinct, manuscript, with numerous notes in several hands, title and together with notes 195pp., 18th century ink signature "Jos: Smith", some notes tipped-in, others loosely inserted, browned, 19th century boards, manuscript label "24" on upper cover, corners bumped, later cloth spine, folio, [c. 1650] & [17th & 18th centuries].

⁂ An interesting compilation work on the peerage of England, consisting of 69 pages with the addition of c. 125 pages of manuscript notes in numerous hands on genealogies. Notes include: a note used for an edition of Arthur Collins's The Peerage of England, "Amendment to be made in the Account of Bertie Earl of Abingdon... After the first Paragraph, or else where Mr Collins thinks most proper..."; "Duke of Somerset"; "Courts of Justice, and other inferior Courts within the Realm"; "Here lithe the Ryght Honourable Sir Anton Browne Knyght of the Garter..."; "West Lord Delaware"; "North, Lord North and Grey"; "Poulett Earl Poulett"; "Coventry Earl of Coventry" etc.

Ownership signature, possibly Joseph Smith (fl. 1709-31), printseller and art bookseller; published histories of St Paul's Cathedral and Westminster Abbey and an English translation of Dugdale's Monasticon, and Vitruvius Britannicus.

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Genealogy.- The Peerage of England. Genealogies of some Peers Extinct, manuscript, with numerous notes in several hands, title and together with notes 195pp., 18th century ink signature "Jos: Smith", some notes tipped-in, others loosely inserted, browned, 19th century boards, manuscript label "24" on upper cover, corners bumped, later cloth spine, folio, [c. 1650] & [17th & 18th centuries].

⁂ An interesting compilation work on the peerage of England, consisting of 69 pages with the addition of c. 125 pages of manuscript notes in numerous hands on genealogies. Notes include: a note used for an edition of Arthur Collins's The Peerage of England, "Amendment to be made in the Account of Bertie Earl of Abingdon... After the first Paragraph, or else where Mr Collins thinks most proper..."; "Duke of Somerset"; "Courts of Justice, and other inferior Courts within the Realm"; "Here lithe the Ryght Honourable Sir Anton Browne Knyght of the Garter..."; "West Lord Delaware"; "North, Lord North and Grey"; "Poulett Earl Poulett"; "Coventry Earl of Coventry" etc.

Ownership signature, possibly Joseph Smith (fl. 1709-31), printseller and art bookseller; published histories of St Paul's Cathedral and Westminster Abbey and an English translation of Dugdale's Monasticon, and Vitruvius Britannicus.

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