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The world encyclopedia of flags & heraldry : an international history of heraldry and its contemporary uses together with the definitive guide to national flags, banners, standards and ensigns / Stephen Slater and Alfred Znamierowski.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Slater, Stephen.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Heraldry--Encyclopedias.
- Heraldry.
- Flags--Encyclopedias.
- Flags.
- Heraldry--Encyclopedias--History.
- Flags--Encyclopedias--History.
- History.
- Genre:
- Encyclopedias.
- Physical Description:
- 512 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 23 cm
- Other Title:
- History of heraldry and its contemporary uses together with the definite guide to national flags, banners, standards and ensigns
- Place of Publication:
- London : Lorenz, 2007.
- Summary:
- From ancient standards and ancestral shields to modern coats of arms and the flags of emerging nations - learn the fascinating language and visual vocabulary of arms, banners and ensigns that knots together the diverse strands of our history and brings alive today the colours and textures of a rich cultural heritage shared and revered by all the nations of the world.
- ISBN:
- 9780754817802
- 0754817806
- OCLC:
- 148301499
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