1695 ENGLISH Monastery Notitia Monastica Tanner Monastics Illustrated Heraldry

1695 ENGLISH Monastery Notitia Monastica Tanner Monastics Illustrated Heraldry

Thomas Tanner was a 17^th-century English Bishop known for his book ‘Notitia Monastica’. This is a work that reports on the religious houses, sects, and denominations of the England and Wales as well as the monasteries, abbeys, churches, colleges, and cathedrals in Britain. This 1695 edition features 200 engraved figures of heraldic flags and banners with short descriptions of hundreds of places of worship throughout Britain.

This particular example is unique in that in is bound in dyed-red leather and red fore-edging – an interesting look for a leather-bound book.

Item number: #23408

Price: $650

TANNER, Thomas

Notitia Monastica: Or A Short History of The Religious Houses In England And Wales

Oxford: printed at the Theater, 1695.

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages
  • [84], 288, [38]
  • 5 engraved plates with 200 coats of arms
• References: Wing T 144
• Provenance: Bookplate – Alan Morris
• Language: English
• Binding: Leather; tight and secure
• Size: ~8in X 4.75in (20cm x 12cm)

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