large 8vo. A Chinese Map of the Country of China elegantly delineated divided into compartments. The name of each tract of country included in the several compartments is given in Chinese at the corner of each.
oblong folio. One hundred Views of the Interior of China. In Two Volumes. These also appear to have been executed by some of the best artists in China. Now [Feb. 2009] held in the British Museum's Department of Asia under the references 1928.3-23.044 (1-50) and 1928.3-23.045 (1-50)
Peter of Poitiers, Compendium historiae in Genealogica Christi
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Contents: Peter of Poitiers (b. 1193, d. 1205), Compendium historiae in Genealogica Christi, a biblical chronicle in roll form consisting of a series of roundels accompanied by brief biographical entries. The genealogy of Christ from Adam and Eve is depicted in the central line, with series of ...
Genealogical roll chronicle from Noah to King Henry V
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Contents: A genealogical roll chronicle beginning with Noah and tracing the lineage of the Kings of England from Brutus to Henry VI, consisting of a genealogical diagram with a series of roundels accompanied by brief biographical entries. The genealogy of the English kings is depicted in the...
Genealogical roll chronicle of the English kings to Richard II
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Contents: Also known as Lansdowne Charter Rot. 3. Order as Lansdowne Roll 3. A genealogical chronicle, with a commentary in Anglo-Norman French, from the reign of Egbert to Henry III and a continuation to Richard II on the dorse. It is dated to the reign of Edward I (r.1272-1307) Face of the...
Roll chronicle of the kings of England and Scotland to Henry VI and James I
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Contents: A genealogical roll chronicle of: English kings in roll form consisting of a series of roundels accompanied by a commentary. The genealogical diagram has Scottish kings on the left, from Constantine to James Stuart and English kings on the right, from Edward the Elder to Henry VI. ...
Genealogical roll chronicle of English kings to Henry VIII
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Contents: A genealogical diagram of the kings of England consisting of a series of rectangles containing names of monarchs joined by lines of descent. On the left, the genealogy of the Anglo-Saxons begins from Egbertus with the Dukes of Normandy from Rollo to William the Conqueror in the centr...