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Guy Cadogan Rothery.
Concise Encyclopedia of Heraldry.
Published London: Senate/Studio Editions, 1994 (reproduced from the 1915 edition, originally titled ABC of Heraldry).
ISBN 1859580491;
ISBN-13: 9781859580493.
Binding: paperback, perfect bound.
Printer: the Guernsey Press.
Size: 135x215x24mm.
Page count: xx,359pp, monochrome text figures throughout.
Main language: English.
Overall condition fair: this copy has some wear on the covers, not too severe, and a crease on the spine; pages very yellowed with age, though they appear to be free of marking.

This item £2.00
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(delivery outside the UK not currently available)

Weight without packaging: 335g.

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The original title was misleading, as the book is organised as thematic chapters, not alphabetically; no exclusive medieval emphasis.

Contents: Ordinaries; Sub-ordinaries; The cross & its variations; Animals — four footed — birds; Fish, amphibia, ophidia & insects; Fabulous creatures; Human form & its parts; Celestial charges; Common charges; Plants & flowers; Marshalling; Differencing & marks of cadency; Canting arms; The fleur-de-lis & its variations; The rose; Irish harp; Feathers & horns; Shields & their outer ornaments; Crests, helms & badges; Crowns, coronets & caps; Supporters; Cockades & liveries — their use & abuse; Royal arms of England & the UK; Arms of overseas dominions & colonies; Standards, banners & flags; British flags; Flags of various nations; Heralds' College; Heraldry in the applied arts; Glossary.

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