A complete body of heraldry: containing, an historical enquiry into the origin of armories, and the rise and progress of heraldry, considered asa 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 atchievements of the peers, peeresses, and baronets, of England, Scotland, and Ireland. An historical catalogue of all the differentorders of knighthood ... The arms of the counties, cities, boroughs, and towns corporate, in England and Wales; and of the abbies and religious houses founded therein: as also those of the royal boroughs in Scotland; and of the societies, bodies corporate, trading companies, &c. in London. The arms of archiepiscopal and episcopal sees in England and Ireland, and of those heretofore established in Scotland ... A discourse on the origin, use, and abuse, of funeral trophies. Glover's Ordinary of arms, augm. 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 ...

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Edmondson, Joseph, -1786.

Contributor:

Glover, Robert, 1544-1588.

Ayloffe, Joseph, Sir, 1709-1781.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Heraldry.

Heraldry--Great Britain.

Genealogy and Heraldry.

Great Britain.

Medical Subjects:

Genealogy and Heraldry.

Physical Description:

2 volumes frontispiece, plates, coats of arms 42 cm

Place of Publication:

London, Printed, for the author, by T. Spilsbury, 1780.

Notes:

The frontispiece is a portrait of the author engraved by F. Bartolozzi in 1777.

Vol. 1 was partly written by Sir Joseph Ayloffe, Bart. c̲f̲.̲ Moule's Bibliotheca heraldica and Lowndes' Bibliographer's manual of English literature.

For full description of book see Moule's Bibliotheca heraldica, p. 430-438.

Local Notes:

HSP copy on deposit in the Library Company of Philadelphia.

OCLC:

3145651