The antiquities of heraldry
Subtitle: collected from the literature, coins, gems, vases, and other monuments of pre-Christian and mediæval times : with a catalogue of early armorial seals, tending to show that modern heraldry embodies, or is derived from the religious symbols, the military devices,and the emblems of the heathen deities of antiquity.
By: by William Smith Ellis.
Publisher: John Russell Smith
Published: 1869
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 276
Notes: An elaboration of his "Plea for the antiquity of heraldry." London, R.J. Smith, 1853. 23 p.