The grammar of heraldry, or, gentleman's vade mecum, In which are laid down, The most Plain and Easy Rules, for the more perfect Understanding of that Noble Science, than have ever hitherto been Extant. Containing I. Rules of Blazoning, with Observations. II. Practical Directions for Marshalling. III. A large Alphabetical Collection of Arms, by way of Example. Together with two appendices: the whole adorn'd with proper cuts. By Samuel Kent, Gent.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kent, Samuel.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Heraldry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vii,[31],ix-xliv,[180]p. ) ill. ;

Edition:

The third edition. To which is now added, a copious dictionary, .. of all the terms used in heraldry, ..

Other Title:

Grammar of heraldry,

Place of Publication:

London : printed for John Pemberton, at the Golden-Buck in Fleetstreet, and Francis Jackson, at the Rose and Crown in Little-Britain, 1724.

Notes:

With a list of subscribers, showing the arms of each subscriber.

A reissue of the first edition with a new titlepage, a 15-leaf insert between pp.[viii] and ix containing 'To the reader' and 'An explanation of heraldraical terms, and a cancelled final leaf printed on the recto only - 'A supplement to The grammar of heraldry' by Lewis Pugh was published in 1716.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T117647.

OCLC:

642306050