Author of the work, Xavier de Cardaillac. It contains a Letter-Preface by Pierre Loti. Illustrated by pen-and-ink drawings by Sylvain Lestrade. We took the title from the engravings index. "The tierced shield has in 1 three lions passant; in 2, it is cut in five, by a floated river dying away in sinister; in 3, it has a reamed cross at the top, in the middle a guivre’s head gobbling a spear, and a flower".