'Wolfiana'
Reference code
WOO/02
Title
'Wolfiana'
Date
c. 1870
Level of description
item
Extent and format
Paper
ff.vi + 22.
Small folio.
Half leather, purple, with purple cloth.
ff.vi + 22.
Small folio.
Half leather, purple, with purple cloth.
Scope and content
An essay (draft title, on a loose fragment, fol.ii, 'The Heraldry of W. being a collection of the Arms borne by ... families of that surname') on the history and genealogy of the Woolfe family. Unfinished fair copy. Blank shield outlines (another fair copy, with coloured arms in WOO/03/04).
Inserted (fols. iii-vi) a memorandum, 1959, by Brig. R B Rathbone relating to the authenticity of the 'Woolfe tankard' (see further WOO/01, WOO/03/01).
Inserted (fols. iii-vi) a memorandum, 1959, by Brig. R B Rathbone relating to the authenticity of the 'Woolfe tankard' (see further WOO/01, WOO/03/01).
Creator
Woolfe, Richard (1821-1877), solicitor and antiquary
Previous reference number(s)
693 A