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HERALDRY, ENGLISH
A manuscript volume headed: "The Nobility & Gentry of every County & Shier in England & Wales collected 1674," each page with heraldic shields printed from woodblock, many blank, but others with coats-of-arms and family names penned in and arranged according to shire, approx. 400pp., 2°, contemporary vellum (soiled and worn). Provenance: Christopher Starling, 1732; C. Capon, 1792 (inscriptions on front pastedown); Phillips MS. 4225 (shelf mark on title).
A manuscript volume headed: "The Nobility & Gentry of every County & Shier in England & Wales collected 1674," each page with heraldic shields printed from woodblock, many blank, but others with coats-of-arms and family names penned in and arranged according to shire, approx. 400pp., 2°, contemporary vellum (soiled and worn). Provenance: Christopher Starling, 1732; C. Capon, 1792 (inscriptions on front pastedown); Phillips MS. 4225 (shelf mark on title).