Richard Blome, An Essay to Heraldry (1684)
Date
1684
Author
Book title
An Essay to Heraldry In Two Parts. The First Containing (in a Concise but Methodical Method, by Rules and Explanations of Bearings) the Body of Heraldry: The Second, Honour Civil and Military; Being a Treatise of the Nobility and Gentry of England, as to their Privledges, Dignities, &c. According to the Laws and Customs of our Realm
Publication place
London
Printer
T. B.
Publisher
Author
Text type
printed book
Genre
Hard-word, term-of-art, and dialect dictionaries, glossaries, and definitions
Subject area
heraldry
Word-group
type: alphabetical
Word-entry
type: logical
sample: Definition of Arms. Arms then, according to original use, are Tokens or Resemblances signifying some Act or Quality of the Bearer, either by some worthy exploit performed in Military Affairs (especially if bestowed by a Noble Prince) or else by their Learning and Wisdom, which they do by spending their Spirits in continual study to make themselves fit for the Patronage and defence of their Country. (p. 4)
sample: Definition of Arms. Arms then, according to original use, are Tokens or Resemblances signifying some Act or Quality of the Bearer, either by some worthy exploit performed in Military Affairs (especially if bestowed by a Noble Prince) or else by their Learning and Wisdom, which they do by spending their Spirits in continual study to make themselves fit for the Patronage and defence of their Country. (p. 4)
Alston
XVIII.II.450
Wing
B3211
Other editions
1685: Wing B3205 (Alston XVIII.II.451);
1693: Wing B3206 (Alston XVIII.II.452)
1693: Wing B3206 (Alston XVIII.II.452)
