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THE ARTISTIC CRAFTS SERIES
OF TECHNICAL HANDBOOKS
EDITED BY W. R. LETHABY
HERALDRY
HERALDRY FOR
CRAFTSMEN & DESIGNERS
BY W. H. ST. JOHN HOPE
LITT.D., D.C.L., WITH DIAGRAMS
BY THE AUTHOR AND
NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS
COLOURED LITHOGRAPHS
AND COLLOTYPE REPRODUCTIONS
FROM ANCIENT
EXAMPLES
PUBLISHED BY JOHN HOGG
13 PATERNOSTER ROW
LONDON 1913
Printed by Ballantyne & Company Ltd London
EDITOR'S PREFACE
In issuing this volume of a series of Handbooks onthe Artistic Crafts, it will be well to state what areour general aims.
In the first place, we wish to provide trustworthytext-books of workshop practice, from the points ofview of experts who have critically examined themethods current in the shops, and, putting asidevain survivals, are prepared to say what is goodworkmanship and to set up a standard of qualityin the crafts which are more especially associatedwith design. Secondly, in doing this, we hope totreat design itself as an essential part of good workmanship.During the last century most of the arts,save painting and sculpture of an academic kind,were little considered, and there was a tendency tolook on 'design' as a mere matter of appearance.Such 'ornamentati