Remarkable antiquities of the City of Exeter : giving an account of the laws and customs of the place; the office, court of judicature, gates, walls, rivers, churches, and immunities; the titles and privileges of the several corporations, and their distinct coats of arms finely engraven on copper-plates : with a catalogue of all the bishops, mayors, and sheriffs, from the year 1049, to 1677 originally collected by Richard Izacke, Esq; heretofore Chamberlain thereof.

Author

Richard Izacke

Title

Remarkable antiquities of the City of Exeter : giving an account of the laws and customs of the place; the office, court of judicature, gates, walls, rivers, churches, and immunities; the titles and privileges of the several corporations, and their distinct coats of arms finely engraven on copper-plates : with a catalogue of all the bishops, mayors, and sheriffs, from the year 1049, to 1677 originally collected by Richard Izacke, Esq; heretofore Chamberlain thereof.

Date

1724

Place

London

Publisher

Printed for Edw. Score and John March in Exon, and Samuel Birt in London

Edition

The second edition / now very much enlarged, and continued to the year 1723, by Samuel Izacke, Esq; the present Chamberlain thereof ; to which is also added, a new and corrected map of the said city, with a prospect of the cathedral, curiously engraven on copper-plates, and the freeman's oath both honorary and common.

Contributor

COMPILER:
Samuel Izacke

ENGRAVER:
J. Harris
Sutton Nicholls

Note

IMPRINT:
London : Printed for Edw. Score and John March booksellers in Exon, and Samuel Birt in Ave-Marie-lane, London, 1724.

ILLUSTRATIONS:
Of the two illustrated plates one engraved by Sutton Nicholls, the other engraved by J. Harris.

Plan of the city drawn & ingraven by Sutton Nicholls.

FORMAT:
iii, 69, [1], 213, [66] pages, 3 unnumbered leaves of plates (2 folded) : illustration, coats of arms, folded map.

PROVENANCE:
Gift to Victoria University Library. Hoeniger, David. 2017/06/22.

Library Catalog

Num Pages

358

Call Number

DA690 .E9 I9 1724

Files

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Collection

Citation

Richard Izacke, “Remarkable antiquities of the City of Exeter : giving an account of the laws and customs of the place; the office, court of judicature, gates, walls, rivers, churches, and immunities; the titles and privileges of the several corporations, and their distinct coats of arms finely engraven on copper-plates : with a catalogue of all the bishops, mayors, and sheriffs, from the year 1049, to 1677 originally collected by Richard Izacke, Esq; heretofore Chamberlain thereof.,” Centre for Renaissance and Reformation Studies (CRRS) Rare Book Collection, accessed November 21, 2024, https://crrs.library.utoronto.ca/items/show/9908.