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Here begynneth the table of the rubryshys of the boke of the fayt of armes and of chyualrye : whiche sayd boke is departyd in to foure partyes

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Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: [1484]
Call number: 59139
Creator: Christine (approximately 1364-approximately 1431)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Inscription on verso of leaf A7: Thys booke the kinge gave me M Rychemound[?]. Acquired by the Duke of Devonshire in 1812. Chatsworth bookplate/shelf label completed in pencil: bookcase 1, shelf D. Additional pencil note "T.VI". Purchased en bloc with the Devonshire Caxtons and plays by Henry E. Huntington in 1914.
Restrictions: RESTRICTED. Available with curatorial approval. Requires extended retrieval and delivery time.
Dimensions: 28 cm (folio)
Associated people: Caxton, William, (approximately 1422-1491 or 1492,); Devonshire, William Spencer Cavendish, (1790-1858,); Vegetius Renatus, Flavius. (active 1378-1398.); Bonet, Honoré,
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