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The regal and ecclesiastical antiquities of England : containing the representations of all the English monarchs from Edward the Confessor to Henry the Eighth : together with many of the great persons that were eminent under their several reigns : the whole carefully collected from ancient illuminated manuscripts

Strutt, Joseph, 1749-1802, Fenn, John, 1739-1794, Shropshire, Walter, d. 1785 · 1777 · London : Published for Walter Shropshire ... · 57 pictures

An antiquarian plate book by the engraver Joseph Strutt, published in London in 1777 for collectors and artists, copying figures of English monarchs and nobles from medieval illuminated manuscripts. The sepia etchings show crowned and robed figures in patterned borders, court and council scenes, and historiated initials, giving designers medieval costume detail, heraldic pattern, and framed figure groups.

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