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Pictures and short extracts from The National and Domestic History of England Volume I (A.D. 1399 – 1603), by William Hickman Smith Aubrey (1858 – 1916). The book is undated, but is probably 1878, since I found someone selling a copy with an inscription dated 1879.
In 2015 I bought the three-volume set from Bookends of Fowey in Cornwall, UK. Previously I had only Volume II and part of volume III.
Title: The National and Domestic History of England (Vol 1)
City: London
Date: 1878
Total items: 12
Out of copyright (called public domain in the USA), hence royalty-free for all purposes usage credit requested, or as marked.
![[picture: Male and Female Costume, Time of Richard II.]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Aubrey-HistoryOfEngland-Vol1/wm/big/757-male-and-female-costume-14th-century-fashion-q75-279x200.jpg "[picture: Male and Female Costume, Time of Richard II.]")
Male and Female Costume, Time of Richard II.
King Richard II of England reigned from 1377 to 1399. So this picture shows people dressed for court in the end of the fourteenth century. [more...] [$]
![[picture: Magna Carta]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Aubrey-HistoryOfEngland-Vol1/wm/big/338-magna-carta-q50-267x200.jpg "[picture: Magna Carta]")
![[picture: King John Sealing Magna Charta]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Aubrey-HistoryOfEngland-Vol1/wm/big/339-king-john-sealing-magna-carta-q67-136x200.jpg "[picture: King John Sealing Magna Charta]")
King John Sealing Magna Charta
King John sits on a throne under a huge canopy and raised up on a daïs, a large scroll in front of him which is presumably the original copy of the Magna Carta itself. He is about to press a seal into [...] [more...] [$]
![[picture: Mediæval King]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Aubrey-HistoryOfEngland-Vol1/wm/big/386-costumes-detail-king-q75-93x200.jpg "[picture: Mediæval King]")
The King here is taken from the coloured plate Costumes A.D. 1200 – 1300; he is standing, wearing a golden crown and a pink robe with gold embroidery of solid lines and the fleur-de-lys and cross; over his shoulder is a green cape with a blue and white lining bearing an heraldic theme; on his feet are diamons-pattened yellow pointed shoes that might really just be little more substantial than socks; in his right hand he [...] [more...] [$]
![[picture: Full-page simple border of twigs]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Aubrey-HistoryOfEngland-Vol1/wm/big/756-costume-border-single-q75-128x200.jpg "[picture: Full-page simple border of twigs]")
Full-page simple border of twigs
Full-page border of twigs; this is a single version of the four-way rustic border that does not divide the page into four. [more...] [$]
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