Author: Arthur Charles Fox-Davies
Title: A Complete Guide to Heraldry
Description: London, Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1951. Cloth. A smart later edition of this illustrated guide to the discipline of heraldry, from British expert Arthur Charles Fox-Davies. Later edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece, twenty-two plates, and nearly eight hundred designs from drawings in-text. Collated complete. A detailed and comprehensive guide to heraldry, exploring both the science and the art that deal with the use and display of hereditary symbols typically of distinguish individuals, armies, institutions, and corporations. With chapters on the origins of armory, the status and meaning of a coat of arms, heraldic brasses, the shield, creatures found in heraldry, and more. This work, originally published in 1909, has become a standard work on heraldry in England. Written by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, a British expert on heraldry. A barrister by profession, he worked on several notable cases involving the peerage, as well as working as a journalist and novelist. Illustrated by Graham Johnston, a British artist and herald painter to the Lyon Court. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, very smart with minor bumping to the extremities and light fading to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with light spotting to the endpapers. Bookseller's label to the front pastedown. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Graham Johnston. Very Good Indeed .
Keywords: Complete Guide Heraldry Fox-Davies Guide Graham Johnston
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Title: A Complete Guide to Heraldry
Description: London, Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1951. Cloth. A smart later edition of this illustrated guide to the discipline of heraldry, from British expert Arthur Charles Fox-Davies. Later edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece, twenty-two plates, and nearly eight hundred designs from drawings in-text. Collated complete. A detailed and comprehensive guide to heraldry, exploring both the science and the art that deal with the use and display of hereditary symbols typically of distinguish individuals, armies, institutions, and corporations. With chapters on the origins of armory, the status and meaning of a coat of arms, heraldic brasses, the shield, creatures found in heraldry, and more. This work, originally published in 1909, has become a standard work on heraldry in England. Written by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, a British expert on heraldry. A barrister by profession, he worked on several notable cases involving the peerage, as well as working as a journalist and novelist. Illustrated by Graham Johnston, a British artist and herald painter to the Lyon Court. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, very smart with minor bumping to the extremities and light fading to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with light spotting to the endpapers. Bookseller's label to the front pastedown. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Graham Johnston. Very Good Indeed .
Keywords: Complete Guide Heraldry Fox-Davies Guide Graham Johnston
Price: GBP 30.00 = appr. US$ 42.84 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 956T85
- Book number: 956T85
See more books from our catalog: Genealogy & Heraldry