Book Title: Discours sur l'histoire des Polognois : par lequel on peult cognostre l'origine, situatiõ, fertilité moeurs, loix, & coustumes, des habitãs du Royaume & comme dés leur commencement ils esleurent Seigneùrs, Ducz & Roys, qui par interrupton d'années les ont gouuernez iusques à present, que Monseigneur Henry de France, Duc d'Anjou, en a esté esleu Roy ...

Author: Nyverd, Guillaume, fl. 1549-1573, printer

Image Title: Coat of Arms of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

Description: The coat of arms of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth combines the coats of arms for the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. The knight in the lower-left and upper-right quarters represents the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, while the crowned eagle in the upper-left and lower-right quarters represents the Kingdom of Poland. The Commonwealth was in existence from the 16th to the 18th centuries.

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