Physical description

Hansards Pocket Peerage
Publisher: T C Newby
Date: 1854
Further Information: Signed by John Pascoe Fawkner

Publication type

non-fiction

Inscriptions & markings

The label on the spine cover with typed text RH 929.7 HAN
Paste down front end paper has a sticker from Warrnambool Mechanics Institute and Free Library.
Flyleaf has a stamp from Warrnambool Mechanics Institute and Free Library.
Flyleaf has a stamp from Corangamite Regional Library Service.
There is a note that mentions the book has the autograph of John Pascoe Fawkner

Summary

This volume is a genealogical and biographical reference directory of the British nobility. It was designed as a compact, portable handbook detailing the titles, lineages, coats of arms, and family histories of the peers of Great Britain and Ireland, as well as bishops and baronets.
While Thomas Curson Hansard is famous for establishing the printing of Britain's official parliamentary debates (Hansard), his firm also published these highly practical, condensed pocket guides for politicians, gentlemen, and libraries who needed quick access to the details of high society and parliamentary ranks.