Complete American Armoury and Blue Book by John Matthews – Genealogy - Heraldry

Description

This book was published by Heraldic Publishing Company in 1965.
This hardcover is 9-¼” high by 6-¼” wide, it has xvi + 232 + 86 + 19 + 167 + 13 pages + 13 pages of ads.
This book is in Good condition, this is an Ex-Library copy with few library markings, there is a library bookplate on the front endpaper, a blindstamp on the title page, there is a security sticker on the back endpaper and a call number on the spine, otherwise it is a nice, little used copy.
This book is divided into four parts: Part I – 1907 Edition; Part II – Addenda to 1907 Edition; Part III – 1903 Edition; and Part IV – 1911-23 Edition.
This is the consolidated and unduplicated edition of three separate volumes on the armorial bearings of American families published by heraldic expert John Matthews between 1903 and 1923. All told, Matthews furnishes illustrations of some 1,500 coats of arms, complete with heraldic descriptions of the arms and crests. Most entries furnish a line of descent connecting the earliest known holder to the current representative and his issue (at the time of original publication).