Bibliotheca Brookeriana: A Renaissance Library. The Reference Library

Bibliotheca Brookeriana: A Renaissance Library. The Reference Library

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J. B. Rietstap, V. & H. V. Rolland's Illustrations to the Armorial Général by J.‐B. Rietstap, (1903‐1926), reprint Heraldry Today, Ramsbury, 1991, fol., 3 vols., publisher's blue cloth


Jan van Helmont, Dictionnaire de Renesse, Louvain, Editions Jan Van Helmont, 1992, 4to., publisher's simulated blue leather


Jacques Meurgey, Armorial de l'Église de France : Évéchés, chapitres, paroisses, abbays, prieurés, convents, corporations et communautés religieuses, Macon, 1938, fol., publisher's paper wrappers


Giovanni Battista di Crollalanza, Dizionario storico-blasonico delle famiglie nobili e notabili italiane estinte e fiorenti, (Pisa, 1886), reprint Arnoldo Forni, Bologna, 1986, 3 vols., publisher's blue printed wrappers


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