Octavo
1895 · London
by BURKE, Sir Bernard (1814-1892)
London: Harrison & Sons, 1895. Octavo. (10 9/16 x 7 1/4 inches). xv, 401, 16pp. Advertisements at the rear; iii, xvii-xxiii, [401]-876pp.10 black and white plates. Red cloth, stamped in gilt, spine flat and decorated in gilt, black endpapers.
Late-19th-century directory of the most prominent families in the British colonies.
Genealogical reference in the style of the famed "Burke's Peerage," the first volume of this work, published in 1891, surveyed the lineages of prominent colonial families in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the West Indies, South Africa, and other parts of the British Empire. A second volume was published (truncated)
Late-19th-century directory of the most prominent families in the British colonies.
Genealogical reference in the style of the famed "Burke's Peerage," the first volume of this work, published in 1891, surveyed the lineages of prominent colonial families in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the West Indies, South Africa, and other parts of the British Empire. A second volume was published (truncated)