The county families of the United Kingdom; or, Royal manual of the titled and untitled aristocracy of Great Britain and Ireland. 1st-4th, 6th, 12th-18th, 20th-58th, 60th ed

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Page xiv - BURKE'S ENCYCLOPEDIA OF HERALDRY; OR, GENERAL ARMOURY OF ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, AND IRELAND. Comprising a Registry of all Armorial Bearings, Crests, and Mottoes, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time, including the late Grants by the College of Arms.
Page viii - The Art of Illuminating, as practised in Europe from the earliest times. Illustrated by borders, initial letters, and alphabets, selected and chromolithographed by WR Tymms.
Page xxiv - FOUR-FIFTHS, or 80 per cent, of the Profits, are assigned to Policies every fifth year, and may be applied to increase the sum insured, to an immediate payment in cash, or to the reduction and ultimate extinction of future Premiums.
Page vi - Macaulay's Lays of Ancient Rome. With numerous Illustrations, Original and from the Antique, drawn on Wood by George Scharf, jun., and engraved by Samuel Williams. New Edition. Fcp. 4to.
Page xxiii - Two-thirds, or 66 per cent., of the entire Profits are given to the Assured. Policies may be opened under any of the following plans, viz. :— At a low rate of premium, without participation in profits, or at a somewhat higher...
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Page vi - HAYDN'S DICTIONARY OF DATES, relating to all Ages and Nations. For Universal Reference. Edited by BENJAMIN VINCENT, Assistant Secretary and Keeper of the Library of the Royal Institution of Great Britain ; and Revised for the Use of American Readers.
Page xxiv - Proposals for Insurances may be made at the Chief Office, as above ; at the Branch Office, 16, Pall Mall, London ; or to any of the Agents throughout the Kingdom. SAMUEL INGALL. Actuary.
Page xxxv - Ireland, containing a brief notice of the Descent, Birth, Marriage, Education, and Appointments of each Person, his Heir Apparent or Presumptive, as also a Record of the Offices which he has hitherto held, together with his Town Address and Country Residences.
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