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Ancient funerall monuments within the vnited monarchie of Great Britaine, Ireland, and the islands adiacent, with the dissolued monasteries therein contained: their founders, and what eminent persons haue beene in the same interred. As also the death and buriall of certain of the bloud royall; the nobilitie and gentrie of these kingdomes entombed in forraine nations. A worke reuiuing the dead memory of the royall progenie, the nobilitie, gentrie, and communaltie, of these his Maiesties dominions. Intermixed and illustrated with variety of historicall obseruations, annotations, and briefe notes, extracted out of approued authors ... Whereunto is prefixed a discourse of funerall monuments ... Composed by the studie and trauels of Iohn Weeuer.

General note: In fact covers only the dioceses of Canterbury, Rochester, London, and Norwich; no more published. With an additional title page, engraved, "Ancient funerall monuments with in the vnited monarchie of Great Britaine, Ireland, and the ilands adiacent", signed: T. Cecill sculp. Includes index; a1r, column 3, line 9 from bottom ends "wicked". A reprinted index of ca. 1800 has "wick". Signatures: [pi]4 A4 B-4D6 4E4 a-b4. The last leaf is blank. Entered to Harper 21 September 1630. Lacks 4E5 to end; signatures: [pi]4 A4 a-b4 B-4D6 4E4; MS. ink index to counties tipped-in after b3; 2 MS. ink sheets tipped-in before tp.; MS. ink notes on free flyleaf verso UK-SuSCL Cited in: STC (2nd ed.), 25223 Format of surrogate: Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich.: University Microfilms International, 1965. 1 microfilm reel; 35mm. (Early English books, 1475-1640; 1046:7). Ownership and custodial history: Bookplates of William Niven FSA, Udny House, Teddington (armorial), Thos. Fisher, Hoxton, Richard Savage to Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, MS. ink signature inside front board: "Jane Edwards, Sevenoaks" (C19th); excerpt from sale catalogue tipped-in before tp.; donated 22 April 1925 by Richard Savage UK-SuSCL Binding Information: Contemporary full leather binding, re-backed UK-SuSCL