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COMPANION VOLUME

A COMPLETE GUIDE TO HERALDRY

BY A. C. FOX-DAVIES Of LINCOLN’S INN, BARRISTER-AT-LAW

EDITOR OF “ARMORIAL FAMILIES”; AUTHOR OF “THE ART OF HERALDRY,” ETC.

Illustrated by 9 Plates in Colour and nearly 800 other Designs, mainly from Drawings by

GRAHAM JOHNSTON HERALD PAINTER TO THE LYON COURT

In One Volume. Containing over 600 pages. Large square 8vo, Cloth Gilt, 10s. 6d. net

Sir Richard Vernon, 1452. Tong Church, Shropshire

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BRITISH AND FOREIGN ARMS & ARMOUR

BY CHARLES HENRY ASHDOWN

HON. SEC. ST. ALBANS AND HERTS ARCHITECTURAL AND ARCHÆOLOGICAL SOCIETY; HON. CURATOR OF NUMISMATICS, HERTS COUNTY MUSEUM; AUTHOR OF “ST. ALBANS: HISTORICAL AND PICTURESQUE,” ETC.

ILLUSTRATED WITH 450 ENGRAVINGS IN THE TEXT AND 42 PLATES FROM ACTUAL EXAMPLES, MISSALS, ILLUMINATED MSS., BRASSES, EFFIGIES, Etc., AND FROM ORIGINAL RESEARCH IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM, THE TOWER OF LONDON, WALLACE COLLECTION, ROTUNDA AT WOOLWICH, MANY PRIVATE COLLECTIONS, Etc.

LONDON T. C. & E. C. JACK 16 HENRIETTA STREET, W.C. AND EDINBURGH 1909

TO

THE PRESIDENT

THE VERY REV. THE DEAN OF ST. ALBANS, D.D.

AND TO

THE MEMBERS

OF THE

ST. ALBANS AND HERTS ARCHITECTURAL AND ARCHÆOLOGICAL SOCIETY,

THESE PAGES ARE RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED BY

THE AUTHOR.