First edition. With 350 engravings, this work offers an introductory guide to heraldic designs and their meanings. This exhaustive describes the components of a coat-of-arms specifically the tinctures, charges, marks of cadency, blazoning, crests, flags, etc 8vo., original decorative cloth. Spine slightly darkened, the decorative upper board fresh and bright.

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Title: The Handbook of Heraldry with Instructions for Tracing Pedigrees and Deciphering Ancient MSS; also Rules for the Appointment of Liveries etc etc.
Publisher: London John Camden Hotten 1869
Publication Date: 1869

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