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Fairbairn's Crests of the Families of Great Britain and Ireland (1859)

by James Fairbairn

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In two volumes.Volume I: 601 pages including a 522 page index of family names, in alphabetical order, describing the crest of every name listed and where to find an illustration in the volume of plates; a glossary of heraldic terms and other words; and nearly seventy pages of family mottoes with translations of those in Latin, French or other foreign languages.Volume II: contains 130 plates, each depicting 15 family crests in b&w and a further 18 plates illustrating regalia, insignia, crow...… (more)
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Volume II in this edition (Charles E Tuttle Company, 1968) has a markedly different selection of crest images and they are not organized by subject.
  2wonderY | May 16, 2020 |
This (Genealogical Pub. Co., Inc., 1983) edition has plates grouped by subject matter. Makes for easier searches. ( )
  2wonderY | May 16, 2020 |
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This is the official directory of British crests. Please don't combine it with the Dover Pictorial Archives work, which only contains the images, not the images index or the family names sections.
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In two volumes.Volume I: 601 pages including a 522 page index of family names, in alphabetical order, describing the crest of every name listed and where to find an illustration in the volume of plates; a glossary of heraldic terms and other words; and nearly seventy pages of family mottoes with translations of those in Latin, French or other foreign languages.Volume II: contains 130 plates, each depicting 15 family crests in b&w and a further 18 plates illustrating regalia, insignia, crow...

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