An introduction to heraldry containing the origin and use of arms; rules for blazoning and marshalling coat armours; the English and Scottish regalia; a dictionary of heraldic terms; orders of knighthook, illustrated and explained; degrees of the nobility and gentry; tables of precedency, etc., titles and duties of great officers of state; and of the officers of the College of arms, etc., and a new chapter on heraldry as in conjunction with architecture ...
Publisher: Henry Washbourn
Published: 1829
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 324
Description: Eleventh edition, considerably enlarged and improved