A complete body of heraldry : containing an historical enquiry into the origins of armories and the rise and progress of heraldry, considered as a science ... the proper methods of blazoning and marshalling armorial bearings ... the arms, quarterings, crests, supporters, and mottos of all sovereign princes and states, as also the achievements of the peers ... of England, Scotland, and Ireland ... an historical catalogue of all the different orders of knighthood ... : Glover's Ordinary of arms, augmented and improved : an alphabet of arms, containing upwards of fifty thousand coats, with their crests, &c. and a copious glossary, explaining all the technical terms used in heraldry ... : illustrated with copper-plates

A complete body of heraldry : containing an historical enquiry into the origins of armories and the rise and progress of heraldry, considered as a science ... the proper methods of blazoning and marshalling armorial bearings ... the arms, quarterings, crests, supporters, and mottos of all sovereign princes and states, as also the achievements of the peers ... of England, Scotland, and Ireland ... an historical catalogue of all the different orders of knighthood ... : Glover's Ordinary of arms, augmented and improved : an alphabet of arms, containing upwards of fifty thousand coats, with their crests, &c. and a copious glossary, explaining all the technical terms used in heraldry ... : illustrated with copper-plates / carefully compiled ... by Joseph Edmondson.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Edmondson, Joseph, -1786
Other Authors: Ayloffe, Joseph, Sir, 1709-1781, Glover, Robert, 1544-1588
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : Printed for the author by T. Spilsbury, Snowhill, 1780.
Edition:[1st ed.].
Subjects:
Heraldry > Great Britain > Early works to 1800.
Nobility > Great Britain > Early works to 1800.
Great Britain > Genealogy > Early works to 1800.
Description
Item Description:Vol. 1 was partly written by Sir Joseph Ayloffe. Cf. Moule's Bibliotheca heraldica Magnæ Britanniæ, and Lowndes' The bibliographer's manual of English literature.
Includes indexes.
Physical Description:2 v. : ill., coats of arms, ports., ; 42 cm.

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