An Introduction to Heraldry, containing the rudiments of the science in general, and other necessary particulars connected with the subject. Illustrated by many plates.

BERRY, William.

Published by Printed for T. Egerton, Whitehall. 1810, 1810

About this Item

[4], 158pp, half title, 12 plates, folding table 'Paradigm of the Tinctures'. 8vo. Sl. foxing to plates. Nineteenth century plain boards, later brown linen cloth spine. Ownership name on inner front board of Henry Frederick Barnes, Jan 1st, 1841, Clare Hall, Cambridge. William Berry, William, 1774 -1851, was from 1793 to 1809 a writing clerk to the Registrar of the College of Arms. He then went to live on the Island of Guernsey, from where he published An Introduction to Heraldry in 1810. Returning to England, he lived at Doddington Place, Kennington, Surrey, where he wrote several genealogical works, culminating in his most famous work, his Encyclopaedia Heraldica, which was issued in parts between 1828 and 1840 in four large quarto volumes.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: An Introduction to Heraldry, containing the rudiments of the science in general, and other necessary particulars connected with the subject. Illustrated by many plates.
• Publisher: Printed for T. Egerton, Whitehall. 1810
• Publication Date: 1810
• Binding: Hardcover
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