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The heads of the kings of England, : proper for Mr. Rapin's history, translated by N. Tindal, M.A. Viz. Egbert first monarch of England, Alfred the Great, Canute the Dane, William the Conqueror, first of the Norman Line, and all the succeeding kings and sovereign Queens, to the revolution; with some of the most illustrious princes of the Royal family / Collected, drawn, and engraven, with ornaments and decorations, by George Vertue. To which are added, the heads of Mr. Rapin and N. Tindal, M.A. and and account of the several heads, of the antiquities that have been followed, and of the pictures copied for engraving them. Also, twenty two plates of the monuments of the kings of England, with their epitaphs, and inscriptions, and a brief historical account of them.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Vertue, George, 1684-1756.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sepulchral monuments.
- Sepulchral monuments--England--Pictorial works.
- Kings and rulers.
- Great Britain--History.
- Great Britain.
- Great Britain--Kings and rulers--Portraits.
- Genre:
- Portraits.
- Pictorial works.
- Physical Description:
- [4] p., [42] leaves of plates. ports. 49 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London: printed for James, John and Paul Knapton, at the Crown in Ludgate-Street, MDCCXXXVI [1736].
- Notes:
- Plates interleaved with blank pages.
- Dedication signed: George Vertue. The plates were intended for the second edition of Paul de Rapin-Thoyras's 'History of England', 1732-33.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Gift: Robert B. Ennis.
- Athenaeum copy: Rear flyleaf verso inscribed "Henry [?] 1832."
- Cited in:
- ESTC T117940
- OCLC:
- 6875591
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