Guillim, John. A Display of Heraldrie. London: Thomas Cotes for Jacob Blome, 1638. Folio, 280 x 190 mm. The copy with profuse marginal annotations in a contemporary hand, providing social comments on the families such as "The Jews," "I think extinct," "Poor poet Dennis was of this old family," and many other witty and quirky remarks as to the family and the veracity of Guillim's text, with a early 20th century manuscript booksellers slip bound after the title: "This copy contains numerous curious marginal notes in the handwriting of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu." The text lightly browned and spotted throughout, old repair to the upper margin of the title and a few other leaves. Contemporary speckled calf, rebacked for a second time, with parts of spine preserved, new end-papers. Provenance: James Taylor (18th century signature to original front free end-paper). Third edition. A fascinating copy of Guillim's work on Heraldry describing the noble families of Britain, this copy annotated by Lady Montagu or a lady in her circle with personal comments on the families described. Isobel Grundy in Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Oxford 1999, pp 193-194 describes how friends such as Mary Astell would borrow books from Lady Montagu's library and write comments in them, going on to say: "It probably did not bother Lady Mary to have her book vandalized. She wrote freely in books including her much-admired Amelia ... she freely sprinkled personal comments through John Guillim A Display of Heraldrie (4th Edn, 1660)." If the 4th edition was annotated why not the 3rd? Lady Montagu's circle of female friends was formidable, both in intelligence and beauty, and included Lady Fielding, Duchess of Marlborough, Charlotte West, Lady de la Warr, as well as Astell, and she was a great book collector, amassing a remarkable library at her London residence. One of Lady Montagu's greatest achievements was not literary, but scientific. Following a spell with her Ambassador husband in Turkey, where she observed the customs of women in the Ottoman Empire, including the practice of inoculation, she came back to England in 1720 and introduced the concept of smallpox inoculation to her family and friends, which included Caroline Princess of Wales and her children. The universal concept of inoculation with cowpox vaccine did not take hold in Britain until 1796, when Jenner, "The Father of Inoculation" presented his ideas.
Guillim, John. A Display of Heraldrie. London: Thomas Cotes for Jacob Blome, 1638. Folio, 280 x 190 mm. The copy with profuse marginal annotations in a contemporary hand, providing social comments on the families such as "The Jews," "I think extinct," "Poor poet Dennis was of this old family," and many other witty and quirky remarks as to the family and the veracity of Guillim's text, with a early 20th century manuscript booksellers slip bound after the title: "This copy contains numerous curious marginal notes in the handwriting of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu." The text lightly browned and spotted throughout, old repair to the upper margin of the title and a few other leaves. Contemporary speckled calf, rebacked for a second time, with parts of spine preserved, new end-papers. Provenance: James Taylor (18th century signature to original front free end-paper). Third edition. A fascinating copy of Guillim's work on Heraldry describing the noble families of Britain, this copy annotated by Lady Montagu or a lady in her circle with personal comments on the families described. Isobel Grundy in Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Oxford 1999, pp 193-194 describes how friends such as Mary Astell would borrow books from Lady Montagu's library and write comments in them, going on to say: "It probably did not bother Lady Mary to have her book vandalized. She wrote freely in books including her much-admired Amelia ... she freely sprinkled personal comments through John Guillim A Display of Heraldrie (4th Edn, 1660)." If the 4th edition was annotated why not the 3rd? Lady Montagu's circle of female friends was formidable, both in intelligence and beauty, and included Lady Fielding, Duchess of Marlborough, Charlotte West, Lady de la Warr, as well as Astell, and she was a great book collector, amassing a remarkable library at her London residence. One of Lady Montagu's greatest achievements was not literary, but scientific. Following a spell with her Ambassador husband in Turkey, where she observed the customs of women in the Ottoman Empire, including the practice of inoculation, she came back to England in 1720 and introduced the concept of smallpox inoculation to her family and friends, which included Caroline Princess of Wales and her children. The universal concept of inoculation with cowpox vaccine did not take hold in Britain until 1796, when Jenner, "The Father of Inoculation" presented his ideas.
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