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Collection Rare Books and Manuscripts

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Period 18th century

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Associated Places Great Britain

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Creator Collins, Arthur, 1682?-1760

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1. The peerage of England : containing a genealogical and historical account of all the peers of England ... : collected from records, old wills, authentick manuscripts, our most approv'd historians, and other authorities / by Arthur Collins ...

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Creator:
Collins, Arthur, 1682?-1760
Date:
1735
Physical Description:
3 v. in 4 : coats of arms ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. The peerage of England : containing a genealogical and historical account of all the peers of England, now existing, either by tenure, summons or creation : their descents and collateral lines : their births, marriages, and issues ... : also their paternal coats of arms, crests, and supporters ... : collected from records, old wills, authentick manuscripts, our most approv'd historians, and other authorities / by Arthur Collins ...

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Creator:
Collins, Arthur, 1682?-1760
Date:
1741
Physical Description:
4 v. : coats of arms ; 21 cm. (8vo)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. A supplement to the four volumes of the Peerage of England : containing a succession of the peers from 1740 : with accounts of those that have been promoted to higher titles, and a genealogical history of all the families since advanced to the peerage of this kingdom ... : also their paternal coats of arms, crests, and supporters, curiously engraven on copper plates : collected from records, authentick manuscripts, our most approved historians, and other authorities ... / by Arthur Collins ...

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Creator:
Collins, Arthur, 1682?-1760
Date:
1750
Physical Description:
2 v. (viii, 820 p.) : coats of arms ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. The peerage of England : containing a genealogical and historical account of all the peers of that kingdom ... : collected from records, old wills, authentic manuscripts, our most approved historians, and other authorities, which are cited / by Arthur Collins ...

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Creator:
Collins, Arthur, 1682?-1760
Date:
MDCCLXXIX [1779]
Physical Description:
8 volumes : coats of arms ; 23 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. Letters and memorials of state : in the reigns of Queen Mary, Queen Elizabeth, King James, King Charles the First, part of the reign of King Charles the Second, and Oliver's usurpation / written and collected by Sir Henry Sydney, the famous Sir Philip Sydney, and his brother Sir Robert Sydney ..., Robert, the second earl of Leicester ..., Philip, lord viscount Lisle ... and of his brother, Colonel Algernon Sydney ... ; together with letters of the other ministers of state, with whom they held a correspondence ; the whole containing the antient state of Ireland, with characters and private memoirs ; also, the antient government of the principality of Wales, the wars between the Spaniards, and the States-General in the Netherlands, negotiations between the courts of England, France, &c., the intriegues of the several courts of Queen Elizabeth, King James, and King Charles the First ; with other remarkable transactions, both at home and abroad, during those times, not hitherto known, faithfully transcribed from the originals ; whereunto is added, genealogical and historical observations, also memoirs of the lives and actions of the Sydneys, and their noble ancestors, the Dudleys, Grey, Talbot,

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Creator:
Collins, Arthur, 1682?-1760
Date:
1746
Physical Description:
2 v. : port. ; 35 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. The peerage of England : or, An historical and genealogical account of the present nobility : containing the descent, original creations, and most remarkable actions of them and their respective ancestors : also, the chief titles of honour, and preferment they now enjoy ... To which is prefix'd An introduction to the present royal family of Great Britain ...

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Creator:
Collins, Arthur, 1682?-1760
Date:
1710
Physical Description:
[10], 408, 158 p., [2] leaves of plates : portraits, coats of arms ; 21 cm. (8vo)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts