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ENGLISH HERALDIC MANUSCRIPT. The names and armes of all the nobilitie which were in England at the tyme of K.Wm. the Conqueror and which have been created or called since untill this 14 April .. 1597
2° (285 x 190mm). 84 leaves, including 6 blanks plus 3 ff of index. Only 312, about half the arms, are emblazoned in colours, the others have been left in outline. The volume ends with Henry Norris, Baron Norris. 19th-century half calf (rebacked). Provenance: Roger Wilbraham (17th-century inserted note); Sir Robert Dallas (1756-1824, judge; old bookseller's note); Alexander Stewart and Henry Clark Stewart of Inchmahome (bookplates). A typed transcript of the text is included with the lot.
2° (285 x 190mm). 84 leaves, including 6 blanks plus 3 ff of index. Only 312, about half the arms, are emblazoned in colours, the others have been left in outline. The volume ends with Henry Norris, Baron Norris. 19th-century half calf (rebacked). Provenance: Roger Wilbraham (17th-century inserted note); Sir Robert Dallas (1756-1824, judge; old bookseller's note); Alexander Stewart and Henry Clark Stewart of Inchmahome (bookplates). A typed transcript of the text is included with the lot.