"ASPILOGIA, sive de Iconibus scutariis gentilitiis commentarius," by John Anstis, Garter King of Arms (ob. 1745), with additions by Thomas Astle. In two volumes. The first part of Vol. 1. is divided into thirteen chapters, in the autograph of Anstis, as follows:-Chap. i.-vi. Introductory treatise on the antiquity and history of seals, and their uses and value for heraldic and other purposes. ff. 1-21;-Chap. vii. Seals of the Crown. f. 21 b;-Chap. viii. Seals of the Nobility. f. 38;-Chap. ix....
THE ART of Blazoning-; with numerous coats-of-arms, coloured or tricked, in illustration. Followed (f. 14) by a Catalogue of the Baronets of England from the institution of the order in 1611 to 1721; with their respective arms in blazon, and the first thirteen also in trick. Paper; ff. 47. XVIII...
ARMS, in colours, of ninety-four families bearing an eagle as their principal charge. Vellum roll. XVIIth cent. Heraldry: Arms having an eagle as principal charge: 17th cent.
1. "A PROBATIONERS first discourse (very playne and familliar) of the true placeing of the ordinarye difference of younger brothers and families in every coate armour incident"; written in the form of a dialogue between "three wandring knights," named respectively Sir Beraro, Sir Challamor and S...
ARMS, for the most part coloured, of English baronets, in order of creation, 1611-1629 ; with about fifty of later dates added (ff. 62-74). At the end is an index. Paper; ff. 85. XVIIth cent. Small quarto. Heraldry: Arms of English baronets: 1611-1629. Baronets: Arms of: 1611-1629.
DRAWINGS of arms granted or confirmed in various years from 1572 to 1642. Followed (f. 40b) by miscellaneous heraldic sketches, many of them in pencil, apparently inserted by a heraldpainter about the beginning of the 18th cent. Paper; ff. 66. XVIIth-XVIIIth centt. Small Quarto. Heraldry: Engli...
ALPHABET of Essex arms; unfinished, only containing A-S. Paper; ff. 24. A.D. 1693 (see f. 1). Small Octavo. Heraldry: Alphabet of Essex arms: 1693. County of Essex: Alphabet (A-S) of arms: 1693.
BOOK OF ARMS collected by Alexander Forsyth, herald-painter, 1770-1796. With index. Paper; ff. 166. Quarto. Heraldry: Herald painters' work-books: 1770-96. Alexander Forsyth, Herald-Painter: Book of arms: 1770-1796.
FIVE SHIELDS OF ARMS in colours, apparently prepared for a pedigree of the Temple family. Vellum roll. XVIIth or XVIIIth cent. Temple family; of Stowe: Pedigree: 17th or 18th cent.: Imperf.