A SYSTEM OF HERALDRY SPECULATIVE AND PRACTICAL WITH THE TRUE ART OF BLAZON, ACCORDING TO THE MOST APPROVED HERALDS IN EUROPE; ILLUSTRATED WITH SUITABLE EXAMPLES OF ARMORIAL FIGURES, AND ATCHIEVEMENTS OF THE MOST CONSIDERABLE SIRNAMES AND FAMILIES IN SCOTLAND, &c. TOGETHER WITH HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL MEMORIALS RELATIVE THERETO

Edinburgh: Printed for J. MackEuen, 1722. Leather-bound. Very Good. 4to .Contemporary calf. leather, Hinges recently strengthened by conservator. Title page in red & black. 451pp + appendices etc. Clean copy. Illus. incl. many pages at rear of Coats of Arms. Some browning, but other pages very white, implicating the ink. One of the most important authors on Scottish heraldry.for his manuals on Scottish heraldry, his comprehensive survey of the heraldry of Scottish families, and because his book is a record of arms and family papers long since lost. Pages supple

Sections include those on The Lines, The Pale, The Fess, The Barr, The Chief or Chef, The Bend, The Bar with the French, of the Cross and it's Accidental and Proper Forms, The Saltier or Sautoir, The Cheveron, The Sub-Ordinaries, The Coelestial Figures, The Sun, Moon and Stars, Fourfooted Beasts, Of Fowls and Birds, Of Fishes, of Flowers and Leaves, of Artificial Figures, Artificial Things, Of Several Blazons.

Around 24 full pages of various armorial identifiers, additional pages with shields.