An historical and critical essay on the true rise of nobility, political and civil
Subtitle: from the first ages of the world, thro the Jewish, Grecian, Roman commonwealths, etc. down to this present time. To which is annex'd, The order of precedency; with other curious things
By: chiefly extracted from a valuable manuscript, writ by an herald ...
Contributors: Randall, John, supposed author; Adams, John, 1735-1826, former owner; Boston Public Library) John Adams Library
Publisher: Printed for C. Rivington ...
Published: 1718
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 179
Subjects: Early works to 1800; Nobility; Precedence
Notes: Includes index.

Publisher's advertisements, [1] p. at end.

"By Maurice Shelton, or John Randall." --cf. Stonehill, C.A.

Head-pieces; tail-pieces; initials.

John Adams Library copy has bookplate: John Adams Library, in the Custody of the Boston Public Library.

John Adams Library copy inscribed on first leaf: "Lo Haylett ~1~"

ESTC, T89512

Stonehill, C.A.

Also available on microfilm. Woodbridge, CT : Research Publications, Inc., 1985. 1 reel ; 35mm. (The Eighteenth Century ; reel 1257, no. 02).

John Adams Library copy transferred from the supervisors of the Temple and School Fund. Quincy, Mass., 1894.