H E R A L D R Y V I N T A G E B O O K C O L L E C T I O N (software box picture for illustration only - NOT SUPPLIED)
Collected
together in a unique double DVD set, we are pleased to present a
collection of 217 rare, vintage books on the subject
of heraldry and heraldic design. These majority of these texts were
published in the late 19th and early 20th centuries - although there are
also titles dating back as far as the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries -
and each book is a scan of the original pages. Also featured are 710
heraldic images (selected from three of the stand-out books in this
collection) in high resolution JPEG format
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Take a look a some example illustrations from the books:
Disc 1 features the following 124 titles:
A Collection of Armorial Bearings, Inscriptions etc, in the Church of St Nicholas, Newcastle on Tyne - M Richardson A Collection of Coats of Arms Borne by the Nobility & Gentry of the County of Glocester - Ames A Complete Body of Heraldry Vol I - J Edmondson A Complete Body of Heraldry Vol II - J Edmondson A Complete Guide to Heraldry - AC Fox-Davies A Dictionary of Heraldry - C Norton Elvin A Genealogical & Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage & Baronetage of the British Empire - B Burke A Genealogical & Heraldic History of the Colonial Gentry Vol I - B Burke A Genealogical & Heraldic History of the Colonial Gentry Vol II - B Burke A Genealogical & Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain & Ireland Vol 1 - J Burke A Genealogical & Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain & Ireland Vol 2 - J Burke A Genealogical & Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain & Ireland Vol 3 - J Burke A Genealogical & Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain & Ireland Vol 4 - J Burke A Genealogical & Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Ireland - B Burke A Guide to the Study of Heraldry - J A Montagu A History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain & Ireland Vol 1 - B Burke A History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain & Ireland Vol 2 - B Burke A Manual of Heraldry - G Pedrick A Practical Manual of Heraldry & Illumination - F J Baigent A Primer of Heraldry for Americans - ES Holden A Selection of Arms Authorised by the Laws of Heraldry - B Burke A Short & Easy Introduction to Heraldry, in Two Parts - H Clark A Treatise on Ecclesiastical Heraldry - J Woodward A Treatise on Heraldry British & Foreign Vol 1 - J Woodward A Treatise on Heraldry British & Foreign Vol 2 - J Woodward America Heraldica - E de V Vermont An Alphabetical Dictionary of Coats of Arms Vol 1 - J Papworth An Alphabetical Dictionary of Coats of Arms Vol 2 - J Papworth An Armorial of Jersey - J Bertrand Payne An Essay to Heraldry in Two Parts - R Blome An Introduction to Heraldry - H Clark An Ordinary of Arms - FB Paul Anecdotes of Heraldry - CN Elvin Armorial
Families; A Complete Peerage, Baronetage, & Knightage & a
Directory of Some Gentlemen of Coat-Armour - AC Fox-Davies Armorial of Jersey - J Bertrand Payne Armorials of the County of Orkney - H L Norton Smith Armory & Lineages of Canada - H G Todd Arms of Baronial & Police Burghs of Scotland - J Marquess Arms of the Scottish Bishoprics - WT Lyon Banners, Standards & Badges From a Tudor Manuscript in the College of Arms - H De Walden British Crests Vol 2 - A Deuchar British Herald Cabinet of Armorial Bearings Vol 1 - T Robson British Herald Cabinet of Armorial Bearings Vol 2 - T Robson British Heraldry - C Davenport Coats of Arms of Yorkshire - J Horsfall Turner Collins's Peerage of England; Genealogical, Biographical & Historical Vol 1 - E Collins & E Brydges Collins's Peerage of England; Genealogical, Biographical & Historical Vol 2 - E Collins & E Brydges Collins's Peerage of England; Genealogical, Biographical & Historical Vol 3 - E Collins & E Brydges Collins's Peerage of England; Genealogical, Biographical & Historical Vol 4 - E Collins & E Brydges Collins's Peerage of England; Genealogical, Biographical & Historical Vol 5 - E Collins & E Brydges Collins's Peerage of England; Genealogical, Biographical & Historical Vol 6 - E Collins & E Brydges Collins's Peerage of England; Genealogical, Biographical & Historical Vol 7 - E Collins & E Brydges Collins's Peerage of England; Genealogical, Biographical & Historical Vol 8 - E Collins & E Brydges Collins's Peerage of England; Genealogical, Biographical & Historical Vol 9 - E Collins & E Brydges Complete Baronetage Vol I - GE Cockayne Complete Baronetage Vol II - GE Cockayne Complete Baronetage Vol III - GE Cockayne Complete Baronetage Vol IV - GE Cockayne Complete Baronetage Vol V - GE Cockayne Crests of the Nobility of Great Britain & Ireland - F Knight Crozier's General Armory; A Registry of American Families Entitled to Coat Armor - W Armstrong Crozier Debretts Baronetage of England Vol I Debretts Baronetage of England Vol II Decorative Heraldry - G W Eve Description of the Armorial Insignia of the Vaughans of Llwydiarth - WV Lloyd Dod's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, of Great Britain & Ireland - CR Dod Emblems of Saints - A Jessopp Encyclopaedia Heraldica Vol 1 - W Berry Encyclopaedia Heraldica Vol 2.1 - W Berry Encyclopaedia Heraldica Vol 2.2 - W Berry Encyclopaedia Heraldica Vol 3 - W Berry Encyclopaedia Heraldica Vol 4 - W Berry English Heraldic Book-Stamps - C Davenport English Heraldry - C Boutell Examples of Armorial Book-Plates - W Grigg Facsimile
of a Contemporary Roll With the Names & the Arms of the Sovereign
& of the Spiritual & Temporal Peers - T Willement Facsimilie of a Heraldic MS - J Withie Fairbairns Book of Crests Of The Families Of Great Britain & Ireland Vol I - J Fairbairn Ficticious & Symbolic Creatures in Art - J Vinycomb Flowers & Heraldry - R Tyas Grantees of Arms to the End of the 17th Century - J Foster Handbook of Heraldry - A E Cussans Heraldic Badges - A C Fox-Davies Heraldic Illustrations - Unknown Heraldic Illustrations Designed for the Use of Herald Painters & Engravers - F Knight Heraldic Illustrations With Annotations Vol 1- B Burke Heraldic Illustrations With Annotations Vol 2- B Burke Heraldic Illustrations With Annotations Vol 3 - B Burke Heraldic Miscellanies - W Dugdale Heraldic Stained Glass at Ronaele Manor - F S Eden Heraldry & Floral Forms As Used in Decoration - H Cole Heraldry As Art - G W Eve Heraldry English & Foreign - R C Jenkins Heraldry for Craftsmen & Designers - W St John Hope Heraldry for the Craftsman - F G Sayer Heraldry Historical & Popular - C Boutell Heraldry Illustrated Being a Short Account of the Origin & History of Heraldry - WH Abbott Heraldry in England - E Renton Heraldry in History, Poetry, and Romance Heraldry
in Scotland Including a Recension of 'The Law & Practice of
Heraldry in Scotland' by the Late George Seton Vol 1 - JH Stevenson Heraldry
in Scotland Including a Recension of 'The Law & Practice of
Heraldry in Scotland' by the Late George Seton Vol 2 - JH Stevenson Heraldry of Fish - T Moule Heraldry of the Church - E E Dorling Heraldry Simplified; A Popuklar Treatise on the Subject of Heraldry - F Curtis Heralic Dictionary of the British Empire - B Burke Historic Devices, Badges & War Cries - B Palliser Historical Anecdotes of Heraldry & Chivalry - SD Dobson Illustrated Catalogue of the Heraldic Exhibition 1894 Knights Heraldic Illustrations - F Knight Leopards of England & Other Papers on Heraldry - E E Dorling Matthews' American Armoury & Blue Book 1907 Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica Series II, Vol 1 Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica Series II, Vol 2 Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica Series II, Vol 3 Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica Series II, Vol 4 Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica Series II, Vol 5 Peeps At Heraldry - P Allen Pimbley's Dictionary of Heraldry - AF Pimbley Practical Heraldry - C Worthy Prestwich's Respublica - J Prestwich Regal Heraldry; the Armorial Insignia of the Kings & Queens of England, from Coeval Authorities - T Willement Royal Book of Crests of Great Britain & Ireland Vol 1 - J Fairbairn Royal Book of Crests of Great Britain & Ireland Vol 2 - J Fairbairn Royal Descent - A Marwood Wilcox
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Disc 2 features the following 65 titles:
Scottish Armorial Seals - WR Macdonald Scottish Arms; Being a Collection of Armorial Bearings A.D. 1370-1678 Vol I - R Stodart Scottish Arms; Being a Collection of Armorial Bearings A.D. 1370-1678 Vol II - R Stodart Scottish Heraldry Made Easy - H Johston Some Feudal Coats of Arms & Others, Illustrated with 2,000 Zinco Etchings - J Foster Some Feudal Coats of Arms from Heraldic Rolls 1298-1418 - J Foster Some Feudal Lords & Their Seals - Lord De Walden St James's Magazine & Heraldic Register - B Burke The Antiquities of Heraldry - W Smith Ellis The Armorial Ensigns of the Royal Burgh of Aberdeen - M Cruikshank The Arms of the Scottish Bisoprics - W Lyon The Art of Heraldry; An Encyclopdia of Armory - AC Fox-Davies The Book of Public Arms - AC Fox-Davies The British Compendium Vol 3 - F Nichols The Coats of Arms of the Nobility & Gentry of Yorkshire - J Horsfall Turner The Curiosities of Heraldry - M A Lower The Elements of Heraldry - WH Whitmore The English Crusaders - J Cruikshank Dansey The General Armory of England, Ireland, Scotland & Wales - B Burke The Grammar of Heraldry - JE Cussans The Handbook of Heraldry; With Instructions for Tracing Pedigrees & Deciphering Ancient Mss - JE Cussons The Herald & Genealogist Vol 1 - J Gough Nichols The Herald & Genealogist Vol 2 - J Gough Nichols The Herald & Genealogist Vol 3 - J Gough Nichols The Herald & Genealogist Vol 4 - J Gough Nichols The Herald & Genealogist Vol 5 - J Gough Nichols The Herald & Genealogist Vol 6 - J Gough Nichols The Herald & Genealogist Vol 7 - J Gough Nichols The Herald & Genealogist Vol 8 - J Gough Nichols The Heraldic Calendar - W Skey The Heraldic Register, 1849-1850 - B Burke The Heraldry of St Andrews University - J M Andrews The Heraldry of the Campbells - G Harvey Johnston The Heraldry of the Clan Mackenzie - AW Mackenzie The Heraldry of the Douglases - G Harvey Johnston The Heraldry of the Hamiltons - G Harvey Johnston The Heraldry of the Johnstons - G Harvey Johnston The Heraldry of the Murrays - G Harvey Johnston The Heraldry of the Stewarts - G Harvey Johnston The Irish Compendium - F Nichols The Law & Practice of Heraldry in Scotland - G Seton The Manual of Heraldry - F J Grant The Manual of Heraldry - J Adams The Particular Description of England 1588 - W Smith The Peerage of Ireland; or, A Genealogical History of the Present Nobility of That Kingdom Vol 1 - J Lodge The Peerage of Ireland; or, A Genealogical History of the Present Nobility of That Kingdom Vol 2 - J Lodge The Peerage of Ireland; or, A Genealogical History of the Present Nobility of That Kingdom Vol 3 - J Lodge The Peerage of Ireland; or, A Genealogical History of the Present Nobility of That Kingdom Vol 4 - J Lodge The Peerage of Ireland; or, A Genealogical History of the Present Nobility of That Kingdom Vol 5 - J Lodge The Peerage of Ireland; or, A Genealogical History of the Present Nobility of That Kingdom Vol 6 - J Lodge The Peerage of Ireland; or, A Genealogical History of the Present Nobility of That Kingdom Vol 7 - J Lodge The Peerage of Scotland - E Kimber The Peerage of Scotland - J Almon The Principal Historical Arms of the UK - P De la Motte The Right to Bear Arms - AC Fox-Davies The Roll of Arms Edward I to Caerlaverock in 1300 - T Wright The Science of Heraldry; A Practical Introduction - R Willis The Symbolisms of Heraldry - C Wade The Town Council Seals of Scotland; Historical, Legendary & Heraldic - A Porteous The True Use of Arms - W Wyrley The
Writing Table of the 20th Century; Being an Account of Heraldry, Art,
Engraving & Established Form for the Correspondent - FS Mathews Two Tudor Books of Arms - J Foster Visitation of the Seats & Arms of Great Britain & Ireland Vol 1 - J Burke Visitation of the Seats & Arms of Great Britain & Ireland Vol 2 - J Burke Workes of Armorie - J Bossewell
Plus, the following 28, rare, foreign language texts
Album des Armoiries Conce´de´es Par Lettres-Patentes de Napole´on Ier 1808-1815 - E Villeroy Anfang, Vrsprug und Herkomen - G Ruxner Archives Heraldique Suisses 1899 Armorial du Canada Français Vol I - EZ Massicotte Armorial du Canada Français Vol II - EZ Massicotte Armorial Universel Vol 1 - M J D'Eschavannes Armorial Universel Vol 2 - M J D'Eschavannes De L'Art Des Devises - P Le Moyne Devises et Emblemes Anciennes et Modernes - D De La Feuille Devises Royales - A D'Amboise Dictionnaire Des Devises - M Chassant & H Tausin Die Wappen Aller Souvera¨nen La¨nder der Erde - J Moritz Ruhl Die Wappen der Wichtigsten Sta¨dte Europa's in Chromolithographischen Abbildungen - J Moritz Ruhl El Escudo De Armas Nacionales - J B Iguiniz Geschichte der Heraldischen Kunst in der Schweiz im XII. und XIII. Jahrhundert - P Ganz La France Héraldique Vol 1 - Café Sanka La France Héraldique Vol 2 - Café Sanka La France Héraldique Vol 3 - Café Sanka La France Héraldique Vol 4 - Café Sanka La France Héraldique Vol 5 - Café Sanka La France Héraldique Vol 6 - Café Sanka L'Art Héraldique - H Gourdon de Genouillac Le Jardin d'Armoiries - J Lautte Livre Curieux - N Verien Magyar Czimeres Emlékek Vol 1 - L Fejérpataky Magyar Czimeres Emlékek Vol 2 - L Fejérpataky Planches de L'Armorial Général - JB Rieststap Raccolta di Varie Targhe di Roma Fatte da Professori Primarj, Disegnate - F Juvarra
+++PLUS+++ Also
included on Disc Two are all of the full page plates / illustrations
from three of the outstanding books in this collection by British
Heraldic author and enthusiat Arthur Charles Fox-Davies!
ARMORIAL FAMILIES; A COMPLETE PEERAGE, BARONETAGE, &
KNIGHTAGE & A DIRECTORY OF SOME GENTLEMEN OF COAT-ARMOUR by A.C. FOX-DAVIES
114 Images included. Average image size 2181 x 3155 pixels. Resolution, 300 dpi.
Some examples (size reduced for preview here):
THE ART OF HERALDRY; AN ENCYCLOPDIA OF ARMORY
by A.C. FOX-DAVIES
156 Images included. Average image size 2250 x 3258 pixels. Resolution, 300 dpi. Some examples (size reduced for preview here):
THE BOOK OF PUBLIC ARMS: A COMPLETE ENCYCLOPÆDIA OF ALL ROYAL,
TERRITORIAL, MUNICIPAL, CORPORATE, OFFICIAL, AND IMPERSONAL ARMS by A.C. FOX-DAVIES
440 Images included. Average image size 2034 x 2988 pixels. Resolution, 300 dpi. Some examples (size reduced for preview here):
ABOUT THE DVDS
These are ELECTRONIC BOOKS, no actual books are supplied. You
will receive 2 x standard data DVD-R discs containing all of the
material listed here (217 pdf e-books in total + 710 JPEG images). The
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THEY WILL NOT WORK IN AN AUDIO CD PLAYER, A CD-ROM DRIVE OR THE DVD PLAYER CONNECTED TO YOUR TV!
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