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The Baronage of England. or an Historical Account of the Lives and Most Memorable Actions of Our English Noblity in the Saxon Time, to the Norman Conquest; and from Thence, of Those Who had Their Life Before the End of King Henry the Third

The Baronage of England. or an Historical Account of the Lives and Most Memorable Actions of Our English Noblity in the Saxon Time, to the Norman Conquest; and from Thence, of Those Who had Their Life Before the End of King Henry the Third

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The Baronage of England. or an Historical Account of the Lives and Most Memorable Actions of Our English Noblity in the Saxon Time, to the Norman Conquest; and from Thence, of Those Who had Their Life Before the End of King Henry the Third

by DUGDALE, William

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London: Printed for Tho. Newcomb, 1675. FIRST EDITION. Frontispiece in Volume 1, genealogical charts. Contemporary full speckled calf with blind panel and gilt floral border, spine with 6 raised bands with gilt compartments and morocco labels, rebacked preserving original spines, extremities rubbed, boards scuffed; marbled endpapers, all edges red, light soiling, dampstain to top margin of 50 pages in second volume, scattered neat underlining and notes. From the libraries of noted Shakespeare scholar Charles Tyler Prouty with his signed book label and the printed bookplate of Marianne Ford. First edition of Dugdale's history of English aristocracy from Saxon times. It is considered an important work of genealogical scholarship. Dugdale (1605-86) was an English antiquary and medieval scholar. In addition to this work, his most important writings include Monasticon Anglicanum; Antiquities of Warwickshire; and The history of St. Paul's Cathedral in London.

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Title
The Baronage of England. or an Historical Account of the Lives and Most Memorable Actions of Our English Noblity in the Saxon Time, to the Norman Conquest; and from Thence, of Those Who had Their Life Before the End of King Henry the Third
Author
DUGDALE, William
Book Condition
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Edition
FIRST EDITION
Publisher
Printed for Tho. Newcomb
Place of Publication
London
Date Published
1675
Keywords
geneaology, history, heraldry, england, 17th century, wing, english imprints

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