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"Dresses and Decorations of the Middle Ages"

by Henry Shaw

London, 1843

Original hand-coloured engravings over 180 years old, with ornately decorated text pages accompanying

Sheet size: approximately 7.5 x 11 inches
Image size: varies • Light foxing present on some plates
Constancia, Duchess of Lancaster, Wife of John of Gaunt
Constancia, Duchess of Lancaster,
Wife of John of Gaunt

$75

 King John, King Henry 1st
King John, King Henry 1st

$75

 Margaret, Queen of James 3rd of Scotland
Margaret, Queen of James 3rd of Scotland

$75
The Earl of Surrey
The Earl of Surrey

$75

 John Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury
John Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury

$75

 Heralds announcing the death of Charles 6th to his son
Heralds announcing the death of Charles 6th to his son

$50
Knight of the Garter
Knight of the Garter

$75

 Spanish & Portuguese royalty
Queen Lenora of Aragon
King John of Portugal
Queen Johanna of Castile

$75

 The Lady of the Tournament
The Lady of the Tournament

$75
The Canterbury Procession
The Canterbury Procession

$75

 Spanish Warriors
Spanish Warriors

$60
(foxing)

The Sovereigns of Europe Worshipping St. George
The Sovereigns of Europe Worshipping St. George

$75
Henry the VI and his court
Henry 6th and his court

$75

 Shooting at the Butt
Shooting at the Butt

$75

 Tobit
Tobit

$60
Proclamation of a Tournament
Proclamation of a Tournament

$65

 Elevation of the Host
Elevation of the Host

$65

 The Birth of St. Edmund
The Birth of St. Edmund

$60
(foxed)

Philip, Duke of Burgundy
Philip, Duke of Burgundy

$75
(somewhat foxed)

Queen Phillippa
Queen Phillippa

$65
(somewhat foxed)

 Pope Sixtus IV
Pope Sixtus IV

$65
(somewhat foxed)

Masque of Charles VI, of France
Masque of Charles VI, of France

$65
(slightly foxed)

 Courtiers of the Time of Richard 2nd
Courtiers of the Time of Richard 2nd

$65
(slightly foxed)

Female Costumes (12th Century)
Female Costumes (12th Century)

$65
(slightly foxed)

Effigy of Richard Vernon
Effigy of Richard Vernon

 Old Age and Poverty
Old Age and Poverty
From the Romance of the Rose

$60
(slight foxing)

William Longuespe, First Earl of Salisbury
William Longuespée,
First Earl of Salisbury

$65
A Royal Repast
A Royal Repast

$35
(somewhat foxed)

 Richards
Richard de Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick
Richard Nevil, Earl of Salisbury
King Richard III
(From the Warwick Roll)

$50

 Head Dresses
Head Dresses

$40
(slight foxing)

Isabella, etc.
Isabella, Wife of William Beauchamp
The Lady Anne, Wife of Richard III
Henry Beauchamp, Duke of Warwick

$50

 Burial of Edward the Confessor
Burial of Edward the Confessor

$50
(some foxing)

 Ecclesiastics of the 12th Century
Ecclesiastics of the 12th Century

$50
(some foxing)
Lydgate Presenting his Book to the Earl of Salisbury
Lydgate Presenting his Book to the Earl of Salisbury

$50

(some foxing)
Incised Slab (Palais des Beaux Arts, Paris)
Incised Slab
(Palais des Beaux Arts, Paris)

$50
(some foxing)

Monumental Brass of Thomas Pownder, Merchant and Bailiff of Ipswich, in the Chancel of St. Mary Key
Monumental Brass of Thomas Pownder, Merchant and Bailiff of Ipswich, in the Chancel of St. Mary Key

$50
(some foxing, tear on right side)

Minstrels
Minstrels

$50

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(We also have the same plates as above from the 1858 edition, which often has better colouring than the 1843 edition.)

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