The elements of heraldry : containing the definition, origin, and historical account of that ancient, useful, and entertaining science ; the divers sorts of coats-of-arms in use ; with their essential and integral parts displayed separately ; the several marks whereby bearers of the same coat-of-arms are distinguished from each other ; the different kinds of tinctures, lines, figures, charges, and ornaments used for coats-of-arms ; the laws of heraldry ; practical directions for marshalling coats-of-arms, and the order of precedence ; the hatchments so clearly described, that the branch and title, the deceased was of, may be readily known ; illustrated with several cuts, and twenty-four copper-plates, containing above five hundred different examples of escutcheons, arms, &c. ; and interspersed with the natural history, and allegorical signification of the several species of birds, beasts, fishes,vegetables, &c. comprised in this treatise ; to which is annexed, a dictionary of the technical terms made use of in heraldry, &c