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Dugdale, Sir William
The baronage of England, or an historical account of the lives and most memorable actions of our English nobility. London: Tho. Newcomb, for Abel Roper, John Martin, and Henry Herringman, 1675-76. First edition, 3 volumes in 2, folio, title-pages to volumes 1 & 2 in red and black, 5 double page genealogical tables, later full light tan calf, spines decorated gilt in compartments, red and green morocco lettering pieces, joints a little rubbed.
Note: Moule 274; Wing D 2480. "In 1675 and 1676 the third of Dugdale's great works, The Baronage of England, which had been in preparation since 1642, had at length appeared. 'No single work', says Professor D.C. Douglas, 'has ever done so much for the history of the English aristocracy.' It is a major contribution to English historiography, both in content and in method." (Wagner The heralds of England, p. 293
Provenance: Carmichael (Earls of Hyndford) book-plate and book-plate of Richard L. Pemberton.'