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Book/Printed Material The academy of armory Academy of armory / Display of heraldry

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Title

  • The academy of armory: or, A display of heraldry ... containing the several variety of created beings, and how born in coats of arms, both foreign and domestick, with the instruments of art, also the etymologies, definitions, and gistorical observations on the same

Other Title

  • Academy of armory
  • Display of heraldry

Names

  • Holme, Randle, 1627-1699
  • Brooke, Thomas, Sir, 1830-1908, former owner
  • Levis, Howard Coppuck, former owner
  • Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • London, Printed and sold by the booksellers of London and Westminster, 1701.

Headings

  • -  Heraldry--Early works to 1800

Notes

  • -  In 3 pts. each with special half-title and seperate pagination.
  • -  Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 2559
  • -  English short title catalogue, N29183
  • -  LC copy: Provenance: Bookplates of Sir Thomas Brooke, Bart. and Howard C. Levis.
  • -  LAC aaa 2019-03-25 update (1 card)
  • -  LAC ddw 2022-06-06 update (1 card)
  • -  Rosenwald collection copy listed without call number in Rosenwald bibliography. LAC ddw 2022-06-06

Medium

  • 107, 488, 501 p. 35 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • CR19 .H6 1701

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 49038931

Online Format

  • online text
  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Holme, Randle, Thomas Brooke, Howard Coppuck Levis, and Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. The academy of armory: or, A display of heraldry ... containing the several variety of created beings, and how born in coats of arms, both foreign and domestick, with the instruments of art, also the etymologies, definitions, and gistorical observations on the same. London, Printed and sold by the booksellers of London and Westminster, 1701. Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/49038931/.

APA citation style:

Holme, R., Brooke, T., Levis, H. C. & Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. (1701) The academy of armory: or, A display of heraldry ... containing the several variety of created beings, and how born in coats of arms, both foreign and domestick, with the instruments of art, also the etymologies, definitions, and gistorical observations on the same. London, Printed and sold by the booksellers of London and Westminster. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/49038931/.

MLA citation style:

Holme, Randle, et al. The academy of armory: or, A display of heraldry ... containing the several variety of created beings, and how born in coats of arms, both foreign and domestick, with the instruments of art, also the etymologies, definitions, and gistorical observations on the same. London, Printed and sold by the booksellers of London and Westminster, 1701. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/49038931/>.