The art of heraldry
Subtitle: Interspers'd with the natural history of the several species of birds, beasts, fishes, vegetables, &c. comprehended therein : Together with occasional explications of all the terms used in the science of heraldry, and peculiar thereto : To which is prefix'd, an alphabetical list of the names of the families whose coats are delineated in the book, with references to the pages where they are to be found
By: Embellish'd with forty copper plates, containing above 900 coats of arms of the nobility and gentry of Great Britain and Ireland, curiously engraven, with their particular descriptions, and whom borne.
Publisher: Printed for J. Osborn
Published: 1730
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 222
Notes: An alphabetical list of the families of nobility and gentry, whose arms are described in this work; Most of which are exhibited on the plates pviii-xiv.

Inscription on the title page in eighteenth century, "H? Shields".
Table of contents: value: Containing 1. The original and universality of arms and ensigns... -2. Of diverse kinds of escotcheons... -3. Of coat armour form'd of artificial things... -4. Of charges in coat armour form'd of coelestials... -5. Of charges from fowls and birds of all sorts... -6. Of charges from fishes of all kinds... -6. Of charges from monstrous animals...