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The theater of honour and knight-hood, or, A compendious chronicle and historie of the whole Christian world : 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 ...
Théâtre d'honneur et de chevalerie. English
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- Creator
- written in French by Andrew Fauine ..
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- Orders of Flanders, and of the Lovv-Countries
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- English
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- London : Printed by W. Iaggard ..., 1623
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- 42 unnumbered pages, 108 pages, 107-580 pages, 571-572; 286 pages, 285-406, 18 unnumbered pages, 407-538 pages : illustrations, coats of arms ; 33 cm
- OCLC
- ocm03231824
- An English translation of the French "Le théâtre d'honneur et de chevalerie".
- Signatures: piA⁴(piA1+chi1), [paragraph]⁴, a⁴, b²-c², d⁴, A⁶-3B⁶, 3C⁴, a⁶-2l⁶, *⁴-2*⁴, 2m⁶-2t⁶, 2v⁴-2z⁴, 3a⁴(-3a⁴).
- Title page in red and black; the word "theater" is xylographic.
- First dedication signed "VV.I.", i.e. William Jaggard. A variant has first dedication signed "A.M.", i.e. Anthony Munday? the translator?
- "The orders of Flanders, and of the Lovv-Countries" (caption title) has separate pagination and register.
- STC (2nd ed.), 10717.
- ESTC, S121368.
- Also available online and on microform.
- The originall of armes, emblazons, escocheons, targets, shields, helmets, crests, mantles, kings, herauldes, parsuiuants of armes, crownes, wreaths, rewards, recompences, and ceremonies obserued in creation of knights -- The originall of the French; their kings from time to time, their Justice, Courts of Parliaments, Precedency, Riuers, Lands, Uniuersities, Bishopprickes & Ceremonies at Coronations, with all their orders of knighthood -- Orders in France -- Orders of Flanders, the Low-Countries, and the Golden Fleece -- Orders of England -- Orders of Spaine -- Orders of Germany -- Orders of Italy -- Orders of Florence -- Orders of the Holy Land -- Orders of the Nine Woorthies of the World