CHIVALRY FAVYN (ANDRE) The Theater of Honour and Knight-hood. Or, A Compendious Chronicle and Historie of the whole Christian World, 2 vol. in 1, first English edition, 12 sheets of woodcut armorials, orders & decorations (printed on recto), further armorials in the text, lacking final blank, occasional soiling, title and last leaf slightly creased, small hole in S4 affecting 2 or 3 letters, bookplate of Henry J.B. Clements, contemporary calf, rebacked, spine gilt with raised bands and red morocco label, upper joint cracking at top [ESTC S121368], folio, William Jaggard, 1623 Fußnoten "This elaborate and beautiful book... is a far more sophisticated production than [Shakespeare's] First Folio. Jaggard started production on the Theater at about the same time as work on the First Folio commenced, early in 1622. The two books shared a similar schedule... and they were finished late in 1623, just after William Jaggard had died" (University of Iowa website). Favyn's book uses the same emblematic head- and tail-pieces, and was received by the Bodleian on the same day as the First Folio, 17 February 1624. It includes information regarding jousts, combats and ceremonies in addition to heraldic matters.
CHIVALRY FAVYN (ANDRE) The Theater of Honour and Knight-hood. Or, A Compendious Chronicle and Historie of the whole Christian World, 2 vol. in 1, first English edition, 12 sheets of woodcut armorials, orders & decorations (printed on recto), further armorials in the text, lacking final blank, occasional soiling, title and last leaf slightly creased, small hole in S4 affecting 2 or 3 letters, bookplate of Henry J.B. Clements, contemporary calf, rebacked, spine gilt with raised bands and red morocco label, upper joint cracking at top [ESTC S121368], folio, William Jaggard, 1623 Fußnoten "This elaborate and beautiful book... is a far more sophisticated production than [Shakespeare's] First Folio. Jaggard started production on the Theater at about the same time as work on the First Folio commenced, early in 1622. The two books shared a similar schedule... and they were finished late in 1623, just after William Jaggard had died" (University of Iowa website). Favyn's book uses the same emblematic head- and tail-pieces, and was received by the Bodleian on the same day as the First Folio, 17 February 1624. It includes information regarding jousts, combats and ceremonies in addition to heraldic matters.
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