Book of the knowledge of all the kingdoms, lands, and lordships that are in the world : and the arms and devices of each land and lordship, or of the kings and lords who possess them / written by a Spanish Franciscan in the middle of the XIV century; pub. for the first time with notes, by Marcos Jiménez de la Espada in 1877; translated and edited by Sir Clements Markham.

Date:
1912
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About this work

Also known as

Libro del conoscimiento.

Publication/Creation

London : The Hakluyt Society, 1912.

Physical description

xiii, 85 pages, 1 unnumbered page, xxxvi pages, 20 color preliminary leaves ; 23 cm.

Notes

In the original, the flags or devices of all nations are painted at the beginning of each chapter; this edition has them grouped on plates
The very earliest representation of the flags of all nations. cf. Pref
Preliminary cataloguing.

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