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This New Edition of Mr. Burke’s popular work, in addition to comprising, exclusively, the wholeHereditary Rankof England, Ireland, and Scotland, (exceedingFifteen Hundred Families,) has been so extended, as to embrace almost every individual in the remotest degree allied to those eminent houses; so that its collateral information is now considerably more copious than that of any similar work hitherto published. TheLINES OF DESCENThave likewise been greatly enlarged, and numerous historical and biographical anecdotes, together with several curious and rare papers, have been supplied. The Armorial Ensigns have been re-engraved, on the new and improved plan of incorporation with the letter-press, so that the existing state of each family, with its lineage and arms, will be found together.
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Transcriber’s Note
The following typographical errors were corrected:
The following words were inconsitently spelled or hyphenated.