A Complete Guide to Heraldry

by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies

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A study of the establishment and use of coats of arms which is divided into chapters on heraldric symbols.

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I'm actually in the Project Gutenberg edition at http://www.gutenberg.org/files/48573/48573-h/48573-h.htm and hoping that this and that are the same, but it's a lovely pick up and browse sort of a book. I'd expected more about the art and less about the weaponry, but I'm pleasantly surprised indeed. Very much a browsing book rather than a cover-to-cover one for anyone outside of specialty research, but I'll definitely be going back over this a few more times.
This is probably one of the better staples for an amateur herald's library. The definitions and examples are painstakingly explained, but the illustrations often leave something to be desired.
This is known as the "bible" of Heraldry, a must have reference book of this ancient art-form
One of the true basics for any heraldic library.
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This ISBN is not the Spanish Edition

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1909
First words
Too frequently it is the custom to regard the study of the science of Armory as that of a subject which has passed beyond the limits of practical politics.
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(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Motto: "Crom a boo".

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Nonfiction, History, General Nonfiction, Art & Design
DDC/MDS
929.6History & geographyBiographies, Genealogy, HealdryGenealogy, Flags, Heraldry, Civil RecordsHeraldry
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CR492 .F723Auxiliary Sciences of HistoryHeraldryHeraldryPublic and official heraldry
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