A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, enjoying territorial possessions or high official rank; but univested with heritable honours
John Burke's genealogical and heraldic history of untitled British landed families, published in London by Henry Colburn in 1838 for gentry readers tracing pedigrees. Line-engraved coats of arms fill each entry: quartered shields with chevrons, cross-crosslets, birds, goats and lions, topped by crests on torses, usable as compact emblem stock, borders motifs, or monogram-style marks.
