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Antiquaries: twenty portraits of historians. Engraving by J.W. Cook, 1825.

A ruined Gothic arch, and an altar adorned with five portraits of English antiquaries in roundels. Engraving by J. Landseer, 1798, after R. Smirke.

De rebus Britannicis collectanea / Cum Thomae Hearnii praefatione notis et indice ad editionem primam.

Kykneion asma. Cygnea cantio / Autore Joanne Lelando antiquario.

Joannis Rossi antiquarii Warwicensis Historia regum Angliae / E codice MS. in Biblioteca Bodleiana descripsit, notisque et indice adornavit Tho. Hearnius ... Accedit Joannis Lelandi antiquarii Naenia in mortem Henrici Duddelegi Equitis [communicavit Thomas Bakerus]; cui praefigitur testimonium de Lelando amplum & praeclarum, hactenus ineditum [by J. Bale].

The itinerary ... / Published by Mr. Thomas Hearne.

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Kykneion asma. Cygnea cantio / Autore Joanne Lelando antiquario.

The itinerary ... / Published by Mr. Thomas Hearne.

De rebus Britannicis collectanea / Cum Thomae Hearnii praefatione notis et indice ad editionem primam.