HERALDIC MANUSCRIPT. A Catalogue of the five Conquerors of this Island and theire Armes...A Catalogue of the Armes belonging to England with the causes of Alteracion hereof frome the raigne of Sainct Edward ye Confessor untill this present day Anno Domini. 1606.

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HERALDIC MANUSCRIPT. A Catalogue of the five Conquerors of this Island and theire Armes...A Catalogue of the Armes belonging to England with the causes of Alteracion hereof frome the raigne of Sainct Edward ye Confessor untill this present day Anno Domini. 1606.

SM.4° (180 X 140 MM.). ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM. 16 leaves including 13 FULL-PAGE ARMORIALS IN GOLD AND COLOURS, borders ruled in red, captions on versos, names in gold, 2 separate title leaves. Later 17th Century English red morocco, gilt, g.e.

A particularly finely executed collection of royal armorials, the last, without a caption, belongs to James I.

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