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Notes on the wapentakes of Yorkshire and their armigerous families, in the hand of Henry Fairfax

Fairfax, Henry

c.1661

Bound in at the front is part of an indenture, dating probably from the early 17th century and presumably the original wrapper of the volume.

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Storia ed analisi degli antichi romanzi di cavalleria e dei poemi romanzeschi d'Italia, con dissertazioni sull'origine, sugl'istituti, sulle cerimonie de' cavalieri, sulle corti d'amore, sui tornei, sulle giostre ed armature de' paladini, sull'invenzione e sull'uso degli stemmi ecc. con figure tratte dai monumenti d'arte del dottre Giulio Ferrario (v.1)

Ferrario, Giulio (1767-1847)

1828-1829

The bibliography is by Gaetano Melzi, who issued a few copies of a supplement, 1831 and a second edition much revised and enlarged by Paolo Antonio Tosi, 1838; 3d ed. 1865. In some copies the plates...

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Storia ed analisi degli antichi romanzi di cavalleria e dei poemi romanzeschi d'Italia, con dissertazioni sull'origine, sugl'istituti, sulle cerimonie de' cavalieri, sulle corti d'amore, sui tornei, sulle giostre ed armature de' paladini, sull'invenzione e sull'uso degli stemmi ecc. con figure tratte dai monumenti d'arte del dottre Giulio Ferrario (v.2)

Ferrario, Giulio (1767-1847)

1828-1829

The bibliography is by Gaetano Melzi, who issued a few copies of a supplement, 1831 and a second edition much revised and enlarged by Paolo Antonio Tosi, 1838; 3d ed. 1865. In some copies the plates...

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Storia ed analisi degli antichi romanzi di cavalleria e dei poemi romanzeschi d'Italia, con dissertazioni sull'origine, sugl'istituti, sulle cerimonie de' cavalieri, sulle corti d'amore, sui tornei, sulle giostre ed armature de' paladini, sull'invenzione e sull'uso degli stemmi ecc. con figure tratte dai monumenti d'arte del dottre Giulio Ferrario (v.3)

Ferrario, Giulio (1767-1847)

1828-1829

The bibliography is by Gaetano Melzi, who issued a few copies of a supplement, 1831 and a second edition much revised and enlarged by Paolo Antonio Tosi, 1838; 3d ed. 1865. In some copies the plates...

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Storia ed analisi degli antichi romanzi di cavalleria e dei poemi romanzeschi d'Italia, con dissertazioni sull'origine, sugl'istituti, sulle cerimonie de' cavalieri, sulle corti d'amore, sui tornei, sulle giostre ed armature de' paladini, sull'invenzione e sull'uso degli stemmi ecc. con figure tratte dai monumenti d'arte del dottre Giulio Ferrario (v.4)

Ferrario, Giulio (1767-1847)

1828-1829

The bibliography is by Gaetano Melzi, who issued a few copies of a supplement, 1831 and a second edition much revised and enlarged by Paolo Antonio Tosi, 1838; 3d ed. 1865. In some copies the plates...

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Adventures of Don Quixote de la Mancha

Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de (1547-1616)

1902

On spine: Don Quixote.

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An historical and critical essay on the true rise of nobility, political and civil : from the first ages of the world, thro the Jewish, Grecian, Roman commonwealths, etc., down to this present time. To which is annex'd, the order of precedency; with other curious things

Shelton, Maurice (fl. 1718); Randall, reverend of Guildford John; Brown, Robert Blue Mantle Pursuivant

1718

First edition. Listed in Brit. Museum gen. cat. v.221, col. 131. Generally ascribed to Maurice Shelton; also attributed to John Randall. The "Herald" = Robert Brown.

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In the days of the knights

Hayens, Herbert (1861-); Drinkwater, John (1882-1937)

[1923?]

Introduction dated 1923.

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