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DESCRIPTION OF THE FRONTISPIECE ILLUSTRATING 
HERALDRY. 
A FEMALE FIGURE, REPRESENTING HERALDRY, AND ADORNED WITH THE INSIGNIA 
OF THE PRINCIPAL KING OF ARMS, DRAWS ASIDE THE VEIL WHICH TIME HAD 
THROWN OVER THE TRANSACTIONS OF PAST AGES, AND DISCLOSES THE MONU¬ 
MENTS, AND OTHER PRECIOUS REMAINS, OF ANTIQUITY. ON HER LEFT SIDE IS 
PLACED A KNIGHT OF THE CRUSADES IN A CONTEMPLATIVE AND APPROPRIATE 
ATTITUDE, AND IN COMPLETE MAIL-ARMOUR; AT HIS FEET AN ANCIENT SHIELD 
AND HELMET, CONTRASTING THE WARLIKE IMPLEMENTS OF MORE MODERN TIMES. 
ON THE FORE-GROUND TWO GENII SIT BY, AND HOLD, INSIGNIA OF NAVAL, MILI¬ 
TARY, AND CIVIL, HONOURS. ABOVE THE PRINCIPAL FIGURE, OTHER GENII SUPPORT 
THE ARMS OF THE CORPORATION OF HERALDS, THOSE OF THE PRESENT GARTER, 
AND A MEDALLION INSCRIBED WITH THE NAMES OF SUCH AS HAVE MOST DISTIN¬ 
GUISHED THEMSELVES IN THE SCIENCE OF HERALDRY. 
No. 750. 
