An Introduction to Heraldry. :. Containing the origin and use of arms; rules for blazoning and marshalling coat armours; the English and Scottish regalia; a dictionary of heraldry with its terms in English, French and Latin; orders of Knighthood, illustrated and explained; degrees of the nobility, gentry, etc. tables of precedency; and a Dictionary of mottoes; the whole forming a complete manual of rank and nobility. Embellished with forty-eight engravings. Illustrative of upwards of one thousand examples, including the arms of nearly five hundred families. /. by Hugh Clark.
Hugh Clark (fl.1775-1784)
Category
Books
Date
1834
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Dyrham, Gloucestershire
NT 3260101
Summary
Bibliographic description
Twelfth edition. - enlarged and improved.. vii, 292 pages :. Illustrated,. 16 cm. Acquired by the National Trust with other former Dyrham books in April 2022. Provenance: manuscript inscription in black ink on front flyleaf: 'GW BLathwayt 1840' [possibly = Col. George William Blathwayt (1797-1871) or Capt. George William Blathwayt (1824-1899)] Binding: nineteenth-century half binding of brown leather and marbled paper over boards; red sprinkled edges; simple gold and blind tooling; black leather spine label with 'Clark's Heraldry' lettered in gold; binder's ticket tipped in on front pastedown: 'W. & J. Dyke, Stationers, Bartlet Street, Bath.'
Makers and roles
Hugh Clark (fl.1775-1784)