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Book of arms
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Book of arms

anonymous · c. 1678 - c. 1683 · paper; parchment (animal material)

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Book, bound in hard pink parchment (split binding), edges partially decorated; book with 9 gatherings, first and last blank, of 4 leaves, where the pages are formed by cut-out, and partly attached to a strip of the preceding leaf, family coats of arms, printed on the recto, cut from coat of arms strips, a so-called 'Vermeerdering', with family coats of arms and large coats of arms of Stadtholder Willem III, Maria Stuart, Cornelis Tromp and Engel, Baron de Ruyter, printed between 1678 and 1683.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineWapenboek. c. 1678 - c. 1683. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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