Armorial bindings; Bookplates, English; Heraldry -- Great Britain
[SACCHI. _Platinae hystoria de vitis potificum._
Venetiis, 1511.]
Heneage Finch (born c. 1647, died 22nd July 1719) was the
second son of the first Earl of Nottingham. Mr. Finch was an
eminent lawyer, and in 1678 he became Solicitor-General. He was
Member of Parliament for Oxford, and in 1702, shortly after the
accession of Queen Anne, he was chosen to receive Her Majesty
when she visited that city. On this occasion he was created
Baron of Guernsey. On the accession of George I. Lord Guernsey
was created Earl of Aylesford, and also made a Member of the
Privy Council and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.
[Illustration]
FITZ-ALAN, HENRY, EIGHTEENTH EARL OF ARUNDEL
_Arms._--Within the Garter. Quarterly.
1st and 4th; gu., a lion rampant or. _Fitz-Alan._
2nd and 3rd; sa., a fret or. _Maltravers._
_Crest._--Out of an heraldic coronet gu., a demi eagle, wings displayed
or.
_Helmet._--That of a Peer.
_Motto._--VIRTVTIS LAVS ACTIO.
_Note._--Coloured. The earliest heraldic book-stamp of an English
subject as yet known.
[ARISTOTLE. Venetiis, 1513.]
[Illustration]
_Badge._--A horse courant arg., bearing in his mouth a sprig of oak
ppr.
[_Biblia._ Venice, 1544.]
Henry Fitz-Alan (born c. 1511, died c. 1580) was the son of
William, Earl of Arundel, and succeeded his father in 1544.
Lord Arundel was a soldier of repute, and took part in the
siege of Boulogne in 1545. He gave political offence to the
Earl of Warwick in the reign of Edward VI. and was committed
to the Tower. He acted as Constable at the coronation of Queen
Mary, and as Lord High Steward at that of Queen Elizabeth. He
was a Knight of the Garter. Fond of books, Lord Arundel made
a large collection of them, and profited by the dissolution
of the monasteries in the early sixteenth century to add
to his library at Nonsuch. Many of his books had belonged
to Archbishop Cranmer. He bequeathed his library to his
son-in-law, Lord Lumley, and they were nearly all purchased
eventually by Henry, Prince of Wales.
[Illustration]
FREDERICK, ELECTOR PALATINE OF THE RHINE, AFTERWARDS KING OF BOHEMIA.
_Arms._--Impaled.
Dexter: Quarterly.
1st and 4th; sa., a lion rampant or, crowned gu.
_Pfalz-am-Rhein._
2nd and 3rd; lozengy, az. and arg. _Bavaria._
Over all an escutcheon of pretence bearing a Royal orb as an
emblem of dominion.
Sinister: The Royal arms of James I. (q.v.).
_Crest._--Out of a princely coronet, a lion sejant or, crowned gu.,
between 2 buffalo horns lozengy, az. and arg.
_Supporters._--2 lions rampant or, crowned gu.
[LEGRAIN. _Decade contenant la vie et gestes de Henry le
Grand Roy de France._ Paris, 1614.]
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