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1. A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, enjoying territorial possessions or high official rank : but uninvested with heritable honours / by John Burke ...

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Creator:
Burke, John, 1787–1848
Date:
1833-1838
Physical Description:
4 v. : coats of arms, ports. ; 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great Britain and Ireland enjoying territorial possessions or high official rank, but uninvested with heritable honours / by John Burke, Esq., author of "The history of the peerage and baronetage," "of the extinct and dormant peerage," &c.

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Creator:
Burke, John, 1787–1848
Date:
MDCCCXXXIV-MDCCCXXXVIII [1834-1838]
Physical Description:
4 v. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. Histories of noble British families : with biographical notices of the most distinguished individuals in each : illustrated by their armorial bearings, portraits, monuments, seals, etc.

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Creator:
Drummond, Henry, 1786–1860
Date:
1842-1846
Physical Description:
2 volumes : illustrations ; 56 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. Sepulchral monuments in Great Britain; applied to illustrate the history of families, manners, habits and arts, at the different periods from the Norman conquest to the seventeenth century. With introductory observations ...

Sepulchral monuments in Great Britain; applied to illustrate the history of families, manners, habits and arts, at the different periods from the Norman conquest to the seventeenth century. With introductory observations ...
Creator:
Gough, Richard, 1735–1809
Date:
1786-1796
Physical Description:
2 v. in 3. illus., plates (part fold.), geneal. tables (part fold.) 54 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. A supplement to the fifth edition of Collins's Peerage of England : containing a general account of the marriages, births, promotions, deaths, &c. ... in each family, from that publication, in the year 1779, to the present time : also, genealogical and historical accounts of those families which have been advanced to the English peerage ... since that period ... faithfully collected from authentic pedigrees in possession of the families or registered in the House of Lords records ... and other authorities which are cited / by B. Longmate ...

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Creator:
Longmate, Barak, 1738–1793
Date:
1784
Physical Description:
xv, [1], 435, [9] p., [34] leaves of plates : coats of arms ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. Parentalia : genealogical memoirs / compiled by George Ormerod, D.C.L., F.R.S., of Tyldesley and Sedbury Park.

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Creator:
Ormerod, George, 1785–1873
Date:
MDCCCLI [1851]
Physical Description:
iv, 114, [4] p., [9] leaves of plates ([4] folded) : ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. British family antiquity : illustrative of the origin and progress of the rank, honours, and personal merit of the nobility of the United Kingdom : accompanied with an elegant set of chronological charts : in four volumes / by William Playfair.

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Creator:
Playfair, William, 1759–1823
Date:
1821
Physical Description:
4 volumes : illustrations ; 35 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. British family antiquity : illustrative of the origin and progress of the rank, honours, and personal merit of the nobility of the United Kingdom : accompanied with an elegant set of chronological charts / by William Playfair.

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Creator:
Playfair, William, 1759–1823
Date:
1809-1811
Physical Description:
9 volumes : illustrations ; 35 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. A genealogical history of the kings of England and monarchs of Great Britain, &C. from the conquest anno 1066 to the year, 1677. In seven parts or books. Containing a discourse of their several lives, marriages, and issues ... all engraven in copper plates ... By Francis Sandford, esq., Lancaster herald at arms.

A genealogical history of the kings of England and monarchs of Great Britain, &C. from the conquest anno 1066 to the year, 1677. In seven parts or books. Containing a discourse of their several lives, marriages, and issues ... all engraven in copper plates ... By Francis Sandford, esq., Lancaster herald at arms.
Creator:
Sandford, Francis, 1630–1694
Date:
1683
Physical Description:
6 p. l., 578 (i.e. 588), [10] p., 1 l. : illus., plates (part double) 37 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. The union of honovr : containing the armes, matches and issves of the kings, dukes, marquesses and earles of England from the conquest, untill this present yeere, 1640 : with the armes of the English viscounts and barons now being : and of the gentry of Lincolnshire : whereunto is annexed, a briefe of all the battels which have beene fought and maintained by the English since the conquest, till the yeere 1602 / collected out of the most approved authours, former or moderne, by James Yorke, black-Smith.

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Creator:
Yorke, James, fl. 1640
Date:
1640
Physical Description:
16, 331, 52, 76 p. : coats of arms ; 31 cm. (folio)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. Collectanea topographica et genealogica.

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Date:
1834-43
Physical Description:
8 v. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts