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A catalogue and succession of the kings, princes, dukes, marquesses, earles, and viscounts of this realme of England, since the Norman conquest, to this present yeare, 1619 : together, with their armes, wiues, and children : the times of their deaths and burials, with many their memorable actions

Brooke, Ralph, 1553-1625 · 1619 · [London] : Printed by William Iaggard, and sold at his house in Barbican · 12 pictures

A 1619 London heraldry and genealogy catalogue by Ralph Brooke, printed by William Jaggard, listing English kings and nobles since the Norman conquest with their arms, wives and children. The pictures are woodcut decorative headpieces and a large foliate initial H with leafy scrollwork and acanthus-like motifs, useful to a designer looking for early modern ornament and typographic framing.

Heraldry · Nobility

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