Historical and Miscellaneous Questions: With Large Additions, Embracing the Elements of Mythology, Astronomy, Architecture, Heraldry, Etc; Etc (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Historical and Miscellaneous Questions: With Large Additions, Embracing the Elements of Mythology, Astronomy, Architecture, Heraldry, Etc; EtcI have endeavored, in the few pages on the subject of Her aldry, to give as concise an account of it as possible to convey a clear idea of the terms made use of, the orders of knighthood, titles, etc., which are constantly met with in reading history, and which it is difficult to explain to the pupil totally unacquainted with the subject. I have confined myself to that portion rela ting to England, as our ideas on the subject are entirely taken from that mother country. The plates will give a correct idea of the appearance of the escutcheons, etc. I trust this short explanation will not be thought out of place in our republican country.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.