12th Sep, 2018 10:30 GMT/BST

Books, Maps & Ephemera

 
Lot 45
 

45

Nichols, John Gough (introduction); Shaw, Henry (illus.) The Fishmongers' Pageant on Lord...

Nichols, John Gough (introduction); Shaw, Henry (illus.) The Fishmongers' Pageant on Lord Mayor's Day, 1616. Printed for the Worshipful Company of Fishmongers, 1844. Folio, original cloth; 13 engraved plates illustrating the pageant. A striking record of the pageantry of guild life as it displayed the power and wealth of the City of London in procession. The Fishmongers are one of the Twelve Great Livery Companies and one of the most ancient of the guilds, tracing their lineage back over 7 centuries. The Guild pageant is part of an 800-year tradition of Lord Mayor's processions upriver to Westminster to swear fealty to the Crown. During its earliest years this was a much more dangerous proposition. The City of London was a separate entity from Westminster, and had many rights and priviliges. By leaving the City, the Mayor left its protections for the uncertain favour of the Monarch. The tradition continues to this day (with somewhat less risk to the incumbent), with the Lord Mayor's Show the current incarnation. The plates and description show a lively imagination, a sense of the exotic, and a underlying awareness of political and historical tensions between City and Crown.
Not Sold

 

Boards a little rubbed and scuffed, plates with a little marginal browning and lower edges with small stains, mainly marginal, two plates browned, otherwise a very good copy with clean textual pages.

 


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