The antiquities of heraldry : collected from the literature, coins, gems, vases, and other monuments of pre-Christian and mediæval times / with a catalogue of early armorial seals: tending to show that modern heraldry embodies, or is derived from the religious symbols, the military devices, and the emblems of the heathen deities of antiquity. By William Smith Ellis.

  • Ellis, William Smith, 1817-1890.
Date:
1869
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London : J.R. Smith, 1869.

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xxiv, 276 pages : plate (partly color) ; 23 cm

Notes

An elaboration of his "Plea for the antiquity of heraldry" London, R.J. Smith, 1853. 23 p.

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