A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great Britain and Ireland enjoying territorial possessions or high official rank, but uninvested with heritable honours
John Burke's genealogical and heraldic history of British and Irish landed families, published in London by Henry Colburn from 1836 for gentry readers tracing pedigrees and arms. The 241 pictures are small line-engraved achievements: shields quartered or charged with birds, crowns, mullets, lozenges and embattled fesses, each topped by a crest on a wreath — useful clip-art heraldic charges, crests and shield outlines.
