Heraldry

Yuri Vasilievich Arsenyev (1857-1919) - naval officer, traveler, professor of the Moscow Archaeological Institute and the first director of the arms chamber, the author of the first heraldry course in Russia, which has formed the basis of this book, still remaining in demand by readers. The author enthusiastically and thoroughly traces the origins of the emblems, their meaning, meaning and historical development. “Heraldry” is a book that is difficult to tear up from, although this is by no means entertaining reading.
In this edition (for the first time in modern spelling), the original graphic tables of the publication 1908 are fully preserved, and in addition, additional illustrations on the topic of the history of heraldry were added