Laurie and Whittle
1795

Original Rare 18th Century Heraldic Print A Chart of Blazonry

A Chart of Blazonry. This collation is adapted to explain in a compendious view a complete scale of Armorial distinctions, with their due differences, and to elucidate the subject of HERALDRY by various devices, with a Table of Precedence.

DESCRIPTION: A Chart of Blazonry. Engraved pictorial chart, uncolored, of the components of a blazon or heraldic device. The chart is essentially a reference work, a visual dictionary that allows the conversion of textual descriptions of a blazon into its visual image.

Rare. No copies found anywhere online.

Blazonry, a part of heraldry, is the formal description or illustration of coats of arms. Blazonry embodies a grammar and vocabulary which describe the meaning of a blazon. The field of heraldry, of ancient origin, is the system by which coats of arms and other armorial bearings are devised, displayed, described, recorded and granted.

Published on March 30, 1795 by Laurie and Whittle no. 53 Fleet Street, London.

Engraved by Robinson

CREATOR: Laurie and Whittle

PUBLICATION DATE: 1795

GEOGRAPHIC AREA: England

BODY OF WATER: N/A

CONDITION: Fair. Dissected and laid to linen. Linen beginning to separate in numerous areas but still intact. Browned at folds.

COLORING: None.

ENGRAVER: Robinson

SIZE: 33 " x 24 "

ITEM PHYSICAL LOCATION: 62

PRICE: $1800

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