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Britain's glory, and England's bravery. : Wherein is shewed the degrees of honour from the prince to the peasant; with the honour of the nobles, and previleges of the commons; the proper places and precedency of all persons from the throne to the bondman; more particularly in coronations, processions, feasts, funerals and other great assembly : as also honour of arms, power of herald, signification of charges in coat-armour; with an armorial dictionary, explaining the terms of heraldry. : and an account of all the orders of knighthood in Christendom, and of the weights and measures of England. : to which is added a continuation of the Historian's guide, from November, 1687. where the third and last impression ends, to June, 1689
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Britain's glory, and England's bravery. : Wherein is shewed the degrees of honour from the prince to the peasant; with the honour of the nobles, and previleges of the commons; the proper places and precedency of all persons from the throne to the bondman; more particularly in coronations, processions, feasts, funerals and other great assembly : as also honour of arms, power of herald, signification of charges in coat-armour; with an armorial dictionary, explaining the terms of heraldry. : and an account of all the orders of knighthood in Christendom, and of the weights and measures of England. : to which is added a continuation of the Historian's guide, from November, 1687. where the third and last impression ends, to June, 1689. / Being the collections and observations of Benjamine Smithurst.
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London, : Printed for William Crook, at the Green-Dragon without Temple-Bar, near Devereux-Court,, 1689.
Physical Description
[12], 172, 17, [3] p. (last p. blank) : ill. ; 15 cm. (12mo)
Notes
T.p. printed in double line border; running titles; catchwords.
"Licensed by James Fraser. Entred according to the Act of Parliament.": p. [2] (1st group).
"Some modern passages towards a continuation of a book, called The Historian's guide, or, Britain's remembrancer, &c.": p. 1-17 (3rd group).
"Of weights and measures of England, &c.": p. 169-172.
Advertisement for Benjamin Smithurst's book and dry goods store in Lanceton, Cornwall. It is signed: B. Smithurst, late of London, citizen.
Signatures: A⁶ B-H¹² I-K⁶ ('H5' missigned G5).
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English
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June 01, 2002
References
Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700, S4356
National union catalog, pre-1956 imprints, v. 552, p. 483
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