Notes and Queries, Number 21, March 23, 1850 eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 52 pages of information about Notes and Queries, Number 21, March 23, 1850.

Notes and Queries, Number 21, March 23, 1850 eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 52 pages of information about Notes and Queries, Number 21, March 23, 1850.

DISPLAY of HERALDRY, presenting at one view an Epitome of the Science, with Descriptive Letter-press.  By Archibald Barrington.  Price, on sheet, partly coloured, 8s.  In case, or on roller, ditto, 10s. 6d.  On roller, varnished, 12s. 6d.  Fully coloured, 4s. 6d. extra.

TABULAR DISPLAY OF BRITISH ARCHITECTURE, with a Manual for Beginners, by which the dates of our Cathedral and other Churches may be easily known.  By Archibald Barrington.  Price, with the Manual, on sheet, 4s.  In case, 5s.  On roller, 7s. 6d.  On roller, varnished, 8s. 6d.  The Manual, by itself, 1s.

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THE GENEALOGY and ARMORIAL BEARINGS of the SOVEREIGNS of ENGLAND, with an Explanatory Volume, entitled, “Genealogy Simplified, and applied to the Illustration of British History.”  By Archibald Barrington.  Price of the sheet, coloured, 6s.  In case, or on roller, 9s.  Varnished, 11s.  The Explanatory Volume of Genealogy Simplified, 3s. in addition.

“A very clear explanation of the origin and meaning of the various heraldic devices of British Monarchs, and exhibiting the lineal descent of Queen Victoria from the Saxon Egbert.  The Chart is set forth in bold characters, and not encumbered with superfluous details.  The source of each line of monarchs and the events that led to the interruption of the succession are explained with such simplicity as to be perfectly intelligible to the youngest readers.”—­Spectator.

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