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Remaines, concerning Britaine: but especially England, and the inhabitants thereof. Their languages. Names. Surnames. Allusions. Anagrammes. Armories. Monies. Empreses. Apparell. Artillary. Wise speeches. Prouerbs. Poesies. Epitaphs

Camden, William, 1551-1623 · 1623 · London, Printed by N. Okes, for S. Waterson · 17 pictures

Camden's 1623 Remaines concerning Britaine is an antiquarian miscellany on English names, languages, heraldry, proverbs and epitaphs, printed in London by N. Okes for S. Waterson and held by Duke University Libraries. Its pictures are decorative woodcut initial letters, I, I, T and G, built from scrolling foliage, leaves and interlaced vine tendrils that a designer could adapt for historical initials, borders or monograms.

Names, Personal

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