The academy of armory, or, A storehouse of armory and blazon : containing the several variety of created beings, and how born in coats of arms, both foreign and domestick : with the instruments used in all trades and sciences, together with their their terms of art : also the etymologies, definitions, and historical observations on the same, explicated and explained according to our modern language : very usefel [sic] for all gentlemen, scholars, divines, and all such as desire any knowledge in arts and sciences / by Randle Holme.
| Author/creator | Holme, Randle |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Chester : Printed for the author, 1688. |
| Description | 3 pts. ([14], 107, [9]; [2], 488; [2], 502 p.) : ill., coats of arms. |
| Supplemental Content | https://search.proquest.com/docview/2240961284 |
| Subjects |
| Series | Early English books online. ^A888680 |
| General note | Includes indexes. |
| General note | Added t.p. engraved by P. Edwards. |
| General note | Extends only through liber III, ch. 13. The contents includes liber III, ch. 14-21, and liber IV, ch. 1-15, as "ready for the press" ... "if encouraged by liberal and free contributors." A unique copy in the Royal Library at Windsor contains 191 printed pages of this portion. In 1905 all that could be found of it, liber III, ch. 14-22, and liber IV, ch. 4-13, was printed for the Roxburghe Club from the ms. in the BM (Harleian ms. 2033-35). |
| General note | Reproduction of original in Huntington Library. |
| References | Wing H2513 |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 634:10) |
| Other title | Storehouse of armory and blazon. |
| Stock number | CL0037000018 ProQuest Information and Learning. 300 N. Zeeb Rd., Ann Arbor, MI 48106 |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |