The Regal Armorie of Great Britain, from the time of the ancient Britons to the reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria: the institution of chivalry, and the origin of emblematic insignia in ancient nations.
Brunet, Alexander.
Price: $45.00
Place Published: London:
Publisher: Henry Kent Causton,
Date Published: 1839.
Edition: First edition
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very good
Book Id: 14899
Description
With historical background to changing heraldic elements; for example, the Shield of George III was the first to eliminate the fleur de lis because the English had signed the peace treaty at Amiens and the English monarch could no longer style himself king of France. Sml 8vo, portrait frontis, 335pp, ills. Rebound in dark brown buckram, gilt title to spine. Internally, slt damp marks early, o/w vgc.




