Heraldry
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M0011967: Book illustration of the arms of the Royal Society from The record of the Royal Society of London for the promotion of natural knowledge
Date: 1951Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/106/59Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive- Archives and manuscripts
M0013597: Illustration of the Arms of the Society of Apothecaries of London
Date: July 1954Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/121/98Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive- E-books
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A display of heraldry . By John Guillim, Pursuivant at Arms. The sixth edition. Improv'd with large additions of many hundred coats of arms, under their respective Bearings, with good Authorities from the Ashmolean Library, Sir George Mackenzie, &c. With his tract of precedency, containing all his rules, observations, Arguments, and chief Instances. To which is added, A treatise of honour military and civil, According to the Laws and Customs of England. By Capt. John Logan. Illustrated with the arms, crests. , Supporters, and Motto's of the royal family, and nobility: The Arms of the Sees of the English Bishops, and several of the Gentry. Together With the proper Habits of the different Degrees of the Nobility of England, and the Emblems of the chief Orders of Knighthood in Europe; all fairly engraven on Copper Plates. Also an exact list of the baronets, from their first Creation to this present Time; and most of their Arms Blazon'd. With an Account of the Customs, Government, and Privileges of the City of London, the other Cities of England, and Shire-Towns of each County, and their Arms. Likewise a supplement of scarce tracts relating to the office of arms, taken from Authentick Copies. and A dictionary, explaining the several terms used by heralds, in English, Latin and French. With proper tables to the whole.
Guillim, John 1565-1621.Date: 1724- Archives and manuscripts
M0002201: Reproduction of a drawing of the coat of arms of King Charles V of Spain (1500-1558), the Holy Roman Emperor, 1527
Date: 25 June 1931Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/18/89Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive- E-books
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A short and easy introduction to heraldry , wherein its most useful terms are displayed, with twelve elegant copper-plates, containing 400 examples, Collected from the most eminent ancient and modern Authors, and disposed in a clear and alphabetical Manner. By Hugh Clark and Thomas Wormull, engravers.
Clark, HughDate: 1775