"A handbook of moral precepts in the form of an allegorical description of knightly armour ... [Eleven] engravings [by Cosmo Armstrong and B.L. Wright] of different pieces of equipment ... may be folded up to ... uncover a depiction of the ideal character trait the piece symbolises ... The plates are accompanied by a text that is inspirational but imparts much historical information." Note of bookseller, E.P. Schmidt, laid in.