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Author: Guillim, John, 1565-1621.
Title: A display of heraldry manifesting a more easie access to the knowledge thereof than hath been hitherto published by any, through the benefit of method : whereunto it is now reduced by the study and industry of John Guillim ...
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Print source: A display of heraldry manifesting a more easie access to the knowledge thereof than hath been hitherto published by any, through the benefit of method : whereunto it is now reduced by the study and industry of John Guillim ...
Guillim, John, 1565-1621., Barkham, John, 1572?-1642., Logan, John, 17th cent.
London: Printed by S. Roycroft for R. Blome, and are sold by Francis Tyton, Henry Brome, Thomas Basset, Richard Chiswell, John Wright, and Thomas Sawbridge, 1679.
Subject terms:
Heraldry.
Heraldry -- England.
URL: https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A42323.0001.001
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TO The most August CHARLES THE SECOND, King of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, &c.
TO THE RIGHT NOBLE Henry Duke of Norfolk, EARL-MARSHAL of ENGLAND, Earl of Arundel, Surrey, Norfolk and Norwich; Lord Howard, Moubray, Segrave, Brews of Gower, Fitz-Allen, Clun, Oswal∣stree, Maltravers, Graystock, and Howard of Castle-Rising, &c. AND TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE ROBERT Earl of ALISBVRY and ELGIN, VISCOUNT Bruce of Ampthill, Baron Bruce of Whorlton, Skelton, and Kinloss, Here∣ditary High-Steward of the Honour of Ampthill, Lord Lieutenant of the County of Bedford, and High-Steward of Leicester, and one of the Lords of his Majesties most Honourable Privy Councel, his Graces Substitute for the Officiating the said Office of Earl-Marshal.
To the most Concerned the NOBILITY AND GENTRY.
Mr. Guillim's PREFACE TO THE READER.
A TABLE OF THE HEADS and METHOD Of such things for the Display of Heraldry As are treated of in this WORK.
section 1
Nihil est inventum & perfectum simul.
The Table of the First Section.
A DISPLAY OF HERALDRY.
CHAP. II.
CHAP. III.
CHAP. IV.
CHAP. V.
CHAP. VI.
CHAP. VII.
CHAP. VIII.
section 2
Tum Dignum operae pretium venit, cum inter se congruunt Praecepta & Experimenta.
The TABLE of the Second Section.
SECTION II. CHAP. I.
CHAP. II.
CHAP. III.
CHAP. IV.
CHAP. V.
CHAP. VI.
CHAP. VII.
CHAP. VIII.
section 3
Naturalia sunt specula eorum quae non videntur.
The TABLE of the Third Section.
SECTION III. CHAP. I.
CHAP. II.
CHAP. III.
CHAP. IV.
CHAP. V.
CHAP. VI.
CHAP. VII.
CHAP. VIII.
CHAP. IX.
CHAP. X.
CHAP. XI.
CHAP. XII.
CHAP. XIII.
CHAP. XIV.
CHAP. XV.
CHAP. XVI.
CHAP. XVII.
CHAP. XVIII.
CHAP. XIX.
CHAP. XX.
CHAP. XXI.
CHAP. XXII.
CHAP. XXIII.
CHAP. XXIV.
CHAP. XXV.
CHAP. XXVI.
CHAP. XXVII.
section 4
Felices essent Artes, si de his solummodò Artifices judicarent.
The Table of the Fourth Section.
A DISPLAY OF HERALDRY.
CHAP. II.
CHAP. III.
CHAP. IV.
CHAP. V.
CHAP. VI.
CHAP. VII.
CHAP. VIII.
CHAP. IX.
CHAP. X.
CHAP. XI.
CHAP. XII.
CHAP. XIII.
CHAP. XIV.
CHAP. XV.
CHAP. XVI.
CHAP. XVII.
CHAP. XVIII.
CHAP. XIX.
section 5
Simplicitas formae Antiquitatis nota.
The Table of the Fifth Section.
A DISPLAY OF HERALDRY.
CHAP. II.
CHAP. III.
CHAP. IV.
section 6
Artis progressio velocius clauditur quam inchoatur.
The Table of the Sixth Section.
A DISPLAY OF HERALDRY.
CHAP. II.
CHAP. III.
CHAP. IV.
CHAP. V.
CHAP. VI.
CHAP. VII.
AN ACCOUNT OF SOME Coats of Arms Omitted in the foregoing SECTIONS VVhich in the next Impression shall be inserted in their proper places.
TO THE Generous Reader.
A Conclusion.
AN ALPHABETICAL TABLE OF THE NAMES OF THE Nobility and Gentry Whose Coats are made Patterns of Bearing in this Display of Heraldry.