Lot 217
217
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VA… Read more
[SUFFOLK] Visitation of the County of Suffolk, in English and French, manuscript on paper, [England, c.1561 and 17th Century], 108 leaves, 330 x 210mm., unbound: titlepage and descriptive note f.175; 17th-century armorial of Suffolk families drawn and written in two hands, ff.178-190, with eight shields on each side; The True Visitation of Suffolk of 1561, ff.266-351 (lacking ff.325 and 345), with the coats-of-arms and genealogies of Suffolk families; family trees of the Sekford (with arms) and Sparowe families, ff.352-353; two additional sheets, one printed with various examples of English script and 6 sheets with an Index of the families on ff.178-352 (stained and page edges worn or torn).

Details
[SUFFOLK] Visitation of the County of Suffolk, in English and French, manuscript on paper, [England, c.1561 and 17th Century], 108 leaves, 330 x 210mm., unbound: titlepage and descriptive note f.175; 17th-century armorial of Suffolk families drawn and written in two hands, ff.178-190, with eight shields on each side; The True Visitation of Suffolk of 1561, ff.266-351 (lacking ff.325 and 345), with the coats-of-arms and genealogies of Suffolk families; family trees of the Sekford (with arms) and Sparowe families, ff.352-353; two additional sheets, one printed with various examples of English script and 6 sheets with an Index of the families on ff.178-352 (stained and page edges worn or torn).
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

This is a near-contemporary copy of the 1561 Visitation of Suffolk made by William Harvey, Clarenceux King of Arms (appointed 1557, died 1567), with the assistance of John Fox.
An unidentified owner's note on the first recto describes the work, and records the presence on the back of the impressed monogram of Silvanus Morgan, author of The Sphere of Gentry (London, 1661) and Armilogia sive Ars Chromocritica, the Language of Arms by the Colours and Metals (London, 1666) etc., and that the manuscript had been acquired from the sale of the estate of John Warburton Esq., Somerset Herald (appointed 1720, died 1759) by John White of London, who had presented it to him.

More from AUTOGRAPH LETTERS, PRINTED BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS

View All
View All