The theater of honour and knight-hood. Or, A compendious chronicle and historie of the whole Christian world. Containing the originall of all monarchies, kingdomes, and estates, with their emperours, kings, princes, and governours; their beginnings, continuance, and successions, to this present time. The first institution of armes, emblazons, kings, heralds, and pursuiuants of armes: With all the ancient and moderne military orders of knight-hood in every kingdome. Of duelloes or single combates, with their originall, lawes, and observations... [etc.]
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Type of record: Book
Title: The theater of honour and knight-hood. Or, A compendious chronicle and historie of the whole Christian world. Containing the originall of all monarchies, kingdomes, and estates, with their emperours, kings, princes, and governours; their beginnings, continuance, and successions, to this present time. The first institution of armes, emblazons, kings, heralds, and pursuiuants of armes: With all the ancient and moderne military orders of knight-hood in every kingdome. Of duelloes or single combates, with their originall, lawes, and observations... [etc.]
Other titles: Compendious chronicle and historie of the whole Christian world
Classmark: BC GB C16/17 q/FAV
Creator(s): Favyn, André
Additional creator(s): Munday, Anthony (1553-1633) (Other)
Related people: Munday, Anthony
Publisher: Printed by William Jaggard, dwelling in Barbican, and are there to be sold
Publication city: London
Date(s): 1623
Language: English
Size and medium: [42], 108, 107-580, 571-572; 286, 285-406, [18], 407-538 p
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/340717
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991014172189705181
Description
Initials; head and tail pieces.
"In the title 'THEATER' is xylographic. Copies vary; most have the dedic[ation] signed W. I.[aggard] on A2v; [some copies] are signed A. M.[unday?] possibly the translator."--STC (2nd ed.)
Indexed in: STC (2nd ed.)
Additional description
Armorial bookplate of Bell family of Rammerscales (Dumfriesshire). On back pastedown is a plate of armorial bearings (London: Chrton, 1844), being plate 66 of an unidentified work.
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