Both hyphenated and non-hyphenated variants of many words occur in this book. All have been retained.
The book contains many heraldic terms, derived from French, Arabic, etc.
Any illustration which interrupted a paragraph has been moved to a more convenient location, between paragraphs.
Some heraldic diagrams, which were unclear, have been repaired.
Some chapters contain many Footnotes, usually marked * and † on each page they occur. To avoid confusion, the Footnotes have been numbered sequentially within each chapter, and indented and placed below their relative paragraph.
Page 49: The Legends of the Fleur-de-Lys can be found here: (https://) travelfranceonline.com/fleur-de-lys-french-monarchys-emblem/
Page 74: 'repectively' corrected to 'respectively'.
"These represent respectively the armorial bearings...."
Page 75: Some armorial descriptions use spaced colons. These have been retained as printed.
Page 80: 'On the cover we have the figure of a Crusader in his mail armour, bearing on his breast the badge of a red cross charged upon a white field.'