THE ART OF HERALDRY

SubTitulo: An Encyclopaedia Of Armory, by...
Autor: FOX- DAVIES, ARTHUR CHARLES
Edição: LONDON
Descrição: published by T.C. & E.C. Jack, 1904 Luxuosa edição com uma rica encadernação editorial, int. de sint. com ferros a ouro e a cores assinada por J. Forbes/ Nixon. Dourado e aparado à cabeça; VIII+ 503 págs.+ CLIII gravs. extratexto; il.; 37 cm. Enciclopédia da Arte da Heráldica ricamente ilustrada com gravuras a cores e a preto e branco no texto e em extratexto. " (...) The genesis of «The Art of Heraldry» should be briefly stated. A work of a sumptuous character, «Heraldischer Atlas,» by H. G. Strohl, the talented and deservedly celebrated German Heraldic artist, was published in parts at Stuttgart, and was completed in 1899. This work, which far surpassed any previous Heraldic publication, attratcted a great amount of attention. It then chiefly consisted of well- chosen and typical examples of Heraldic art at all periods, selected from all countries in Europe, and that portion of the work must naturally appeal to English readers equally with German, as will also the magnificient examples of Heraldic illustrations, which indeed form the outstanding feature of the great work referred to. Added to this was a lengthy section on the «Elements of Heraldry,» which formed a valuable primer of Heraldry from the German point of view. (...) " In- Introduction.