A New Dictionary Of Heraldry Explaining The Terms Usd In That Science With Their Etymology And Different Versions Into Latin

Author : James Coats
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781333530495
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (34 download)

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Download or read book A New Dictionary of Heraldry, Explaining the Terms Us'd in That Science, With Their Etymology, and Different Versions Into Latin written by James Coats and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-09-09 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A New Dictionary of Heraldry, Explaining the Terms Us'd in That Science, With Their Etymology, and Different Versions Into Latin: Containing All the Rules of Blazon, With Reasons for the Same; The Original Signification of Bearings, and a Concise Account of the Most Noted Orders of Knighthood That Are, or Have Been, and of Honours and Dignities Ecclesiastical, Civil, or Military I: this all, for even thofe who have been Ennobled by their Anccfiort, feeing other: advanc'd above them, upon no other Ac count than their vwealth, do value them felvet the 16f: upon the Dignity of their Defcent and many fearce know any thing of their Pedigree, for what Renfan the Arm; they bear were given them, or how to blazon them. As for thofe who are themfelves the firft of their Familiet, they can look no higher, nor can they de fire that any other fhonld 3 and yet there are fome who will take up with a forg'd Pedigree, rather than go without, there being Perfons fo Ingenious tho' their Honefiy cannot be commended) who will deduce a Race from Adam in a dire& Line, or from the Preadamites, if there wereoccafion, tho' at the fame time it it impo ible to find out, with Truth, the Great Grandfather of the Perfon who Reward: them for that tolerated piece of Forgery. Since thefe Things cannot be redrefs'd. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."