Alfred the Great, King of the West Saxons, Aelfredus Magnus Rex Angl. Oval portrait of the king in crown and ermine mantle. With lyre, pennants, quiver of arrows, books, crown, bust, and coat of arms. Vignettes of military encampment, Viking ships, warfare. Copperplate engraving drawn and engraved by George Vertue from his Heads of the Kings of England, proper for Mr Rapin’s History, translated by N. Tindal, printed for James, John and Paul Knapton, London, 1736.

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