The catalogue of honor, or, Tresury of true nobility, peculiar and proper to the isle of Great Britaine: that is to say: a collection historicall of all the free monarches aswell kinges of England as Scotland (nowe vnited togither) with the Princes of Walles, dukes, marquisses, and erles; their wiues, children, alliances, families, descentes, & achievementes of honor: wherunto is properly prefixed: a speciall treatise of that kind of nobility which soverayne grace and fauor, and contryes customes, haue made meerly politicall and peculiarly civill

Author

Tho Milles

Title

The catalogue of honor, or, Tresury of true nobility, peculiar and proper to the isle of Great Britaine: that is to say: a collection historicall of all the free monarches aswell kinges of England as Scotland (nowe vnited togither) with the Princes of Walles, dukes, marquisses, and erles; their wiues, children, alliances, families, descentes, & achievementes of honor: wherunto is properly prefixed: a speciall treatise of that kind of nobility which soverayne grace and fauor, and contryes customes, haue made meerly politicall and peculiarly civill

Date

1610

Place

London

Publisher

Printed by William Iaggard

Contributor

Robert Glover
Renold Elstracke
William Jaggard
Henry Millner
William Stirling Maxwell
Sidney T. Fisher

Note

The catalogue is in 25 sections each with special t.p The "speciall treatise" is a translation of Robert Glover's "Nobilitas politica vel civilis" which was edited by Milles from Glover's manuscripts Prepared with the help of Lord William Howard, Sir Robert Cotton, Robert Beale, William Camden, Nicholas Charles, and others. Cf. Dedicatory epistle, signed: Tho. Milles Engr. t.p. signed: Renold Elstracke Errors in paging; p. 99 (2nd group) numbered 97; no. 481-484, 487-488 and 586-587 omitted With errata slips pasted on p. 771, 952 (numbered 942), 996 (numbered 986) and 997 (numbered 987), and slip with additions at foot of p. 986 "Erata" in 2 columns: p. [1] at end

Library Catalog

https://crrs.ca/rare_books/crrs-rare-book-retrieval-requests/

Num Pages

10

Call Number

CS421 .M55 1610

Item Type

Book

Collection

Citation

Tho Milles, “The catalogue of honor, or, Tresury of true nobility, peculiar and proper to the isle of Great Britaine: that is to say: a collection historicall of all the free monarches aswell kinges of England as Scotland (nowe vnited togither) with the Princes of Walles, dukes, marquisses, and erles; their wiues, children, alliances, families, descentes, & achievementes of honor: wherunto is properly prefixed: a speciall treatise of that kind of nobility which soverayne grace and fauor, and contryes customes, haue made meerly politicall and peculiarly civill,” Centre for Renaissance and Reformation Studies (CRRS) Rare Book Collection, accessed October 8, 2024, https://crrs.library.utoronto.ca/items/show/8189.