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XXXVIII. Description of the Great Seal of Mary d'Estè, the second Wife of King James II, from an Impression in the Collection of Mr. Benjamin Bartlet, F.S.A. By Mr. Brooke, of the Herald's College

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 July 2012

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The seal, of which you favoured me with the impression, belonged to Mary d'Estè, the second wife of king James II, and being so extremely well preserved, and as yet unpublished, a view of it may probably give entertainment to the Society of Antiquaries.

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Copyright © The Society of Antiquaries of London 1779

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References

page 367 note * See Pl. XIX.

page 368 note [a] Boyer's Great Theatre of Honour, p. 235.

page 368 note [b] The Dukes of Modena possessed the Dutchy of Ferrara till 1597, when Pope Clement VIII, annexed it to the see of Rome. Hist. of the House of Estè, p. 247.

page 368 note [c] Sandford's Geneal. Hist. p. 681.

page 368 note [d] Granger's Hist. of Engl. vol. IV. p. 251.