The theater of honour and knight-hood. Or A compendious chronicle and historie of the whole Christia...
The theater of honour and knight-hood. Or A compendious chronicle and historie of the whole Christian vvorld [electronic resource] : Containing the originall of all monarchies, kingdomes, and estates, with their emperours, kings, princes, and gouernours; 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 euery kingdome. Of duelloes or single combates ... Likewise of ioustes, tourneyes, and tournaments, and orders belonging to them. Lastly of funerall pompe, for emperours, kings, princes, and meaner persons, with all the rites and ceremonies fitting for them. VVritten in French, by Andrew Fauine, Parisian: and aduocate in the High Court of Parliament. M.DC.XX.
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London : Printed by VVilliam Iaggard, dwelling in Barbican, and are there to be sold, 1623.
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Theater of honour and knight-hood. Or A compendious chronicle and historie of the whole Christian world.
Compendious chronicle and historie of the whole Christian world.
Orders of Flanders, and of the Lovv-Countries.
Orders of Flanders, and of the Low-Countries.
Date
1623.
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English
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[42], 108, 107-580, 571-572; 286, 285-406, [18], 407-538, [2] p. : ill. (woodcuts)
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London : Printed by VVilliam Iaggard, dwelling in Barbican, and are there to be sold, 1623.
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England
Date Published
1623.
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The theater of honour and knight-hood. Or A compendious chronicle and historie of the whole Christian vvorld [electronic resource] : Containing the originall of all monarchies, kingdomes, and estates, with their emperours, kings, princes, and gouernours; their beginnings, continuance, and successions, to this present time. The first institution of...
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A translation of: Le théâtre d'honneur et de chevalerie.
First dedication signed "VV.I.", i.e. William Jaggard. Variant: first dedication signed "A.M.", i.e. Anthony Munday? the translator?.
Title page in red and black; the word "theater" is xylographic.
Reproduction of the original in the British Library....
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STC (2nd ed.) 10717.
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Also available in microfilm held offsite at RAV/FM4/56.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 791:4)
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74VM5m22BbgM
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