BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY - Bruce Durie

ADVERTISEMENT,
HE aim of the present laork is not to furnish an account of the
antiquity and progress of Heraldry, hut to provide as succinctly
as possibly, and in Alphabetical order, a list of the terms met
with in the Science, with their appropriate Illustrations,
Such a work it is hoped will he of great advantage
to the Herald Painter and
Engraver, as by means of it they will he enabled to refer, without trouble, to the
subject they may desire to depict.
I propose, therefore, in the first place, tj give the terms in a plain and concise form,
so that any coat ivhich is in strict conformity with the established rules of
Heraldry, may easily be painted or engraved from the verbal Blazoning.
Secondly, I hope by the introduction of a great number of terms and Engravings, not
to be found in any other Heraldic Glossary, to supply as complete a list as
possible of those used in Coat Armour, and thus adapt the work not alone for the
Practical Artist, but also for the Amateur, who desires to be able readily to
blazon such coats as may faU
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under his observation.
CHARLES NORTON ELVIN.