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1. American historical Company, Inc., _New York_. Colonial and
revoluntionary lineages of America; a collection of genealogical
studies, completely documented, and appropriately illustrated,
bearing upon notable early American lines and their collateral
connections. New York, 1939-68. 25 v. col. coats of arms,
facsims., geneal. tables, plates, ports.
CS61.A5
Includes bibliographies.
2. Americana. v. 1-37; Jan. 1906-Dec. 1943. New York, American
Historical Co. 37 v. in 43. illus., col. coats of arms, facisms.,
maps, plates (part col.)
E171.A53
Bimonthly, 1906-May 1909; monthly June 1909-1915; quarterly, 1916-
1943.
Publication suspended during 1917.
Issues for 1906-May 1909 are entitled _American Histoircal
Magazine_.
3. Bolton, Charles K. Bolton's American armory; a record of cats of
rems which have been in use within the present bounds of the United
States. Boston, F. W. Faxon Co., 1927. xxiii, 223 p. illus., coats
of arms. (Useful reference series, no. 33)
CR1209.B6
4. Crowther, George R. Surname index to sixty-five volumes of
colonial and revolutionary pedigrees. Foreword by Milton Rubincam.
Washington, National Genealogical Society, 1964. 143 p. (Special
publications of the National Genealogical Society, no. 27)
CS42.N43, no. 27
"The surnames listed alphabetically... are those of all the
families to be found in the 27 volumes of _Colonial Families of
America_, 20 volumes of _Colonial and Revolutionary Lineages of
America_, and a dozen-and-a-half individual volumes."
5. Lawrence, Ruth, ed. Colonial families of America. New York,
National Americana Society [1928-48] 27 v. col. coats of arms,
plates, ports.
CS61.L3
6. MacKenzie, George N., ed. Colonial families of the United States
of America, in which is given the history, genealogy, and armorial
bearing of colonial families who settle in the American Colonies
from the time of the settlement of Jamestown, 13th May, 1607, to
the Battle of Lexington, 19th April, 1775. New York, Grafton
Press, 1907-20. 7 v. coats of arms.
CS61.M2
7. New England Historic Genealogical Society. _Committee on Heraldry_.
A roll of arms, registered by the Committee on Heraldry of the New
England Historic Genealogical Society. Boston, New England
Historic Genealogical Society, 1928-72. 8 v. coats of arms.
Pts. 3-8 published by the Committee on Heraldry.
Pts. 1-2 reprinted from the _New England Historical and
Genealogical Register_, April 1928 and July 1932 issues.
8. Spofford, Ernest. Armorial families of America. 1st ser.
Philadelphia, Bailey, Banks & Biddle Co., 1929. 402p. col. cots of
arms.
CS69.S6 1929
9. Valcourt-Vermont, Edgar de. America heraldica, a compilation of
coats of arms, crests, and mottoes of prominent American families
settled in this country before 1800. Illustrated by Henry Rykers.
New York, Brentano Bros. [1886-89] 2 v. in 1. illus., col. plates.
CR1209.V4
Vol. 2 illustrated by Auguste Leroy.
1. The Armorial who is who. 1st+ ed.; 1961/62+ Edinburgh. coats of
arms (part col.) biennial.
CR1619.A7
"A register of armorial bearings in current use with the names and
addresses of the bearers and the authority for their use."
2. Burke, Sir John B. The general armory of England, Scotland,
Ireland, and Wales; comprising a registry of armorial bearings from
the earliest to the present time. With a suppl. London, Harrison,
1884. lxxix, [50], 1185 p. illus., coats of arms.
CR1619.B73 1884
First ed., by John Burke and Sir John B. Burke, was published in
1842 as _A general Armory of England, Scotland, and Ireland_.
Describes but does not illustrate about 60,000 coats of arms.
3. Elvin, Charles N. A hand-book of mottoes borne by the nobility,
gentry, cities, public companies, & c. With an added index and a
suppl. Translated and illustrated with notes and quotations.
Baltimore, Genealogical pub. Co., 1971. 294 p.
CR75.G7E5 1971
"Originally published 1860."
4. Fairbairn, James, comp. Fairbairn's book of crests of the families
of Great Britain and Ireland. Being a 4th ed., rev. and enl.
London, T.C.&E.C. Jack [1912] 2 v. plates.
CR57.G7F2 1912
Vol. 1, text; v. 2 plates.
5. Fox-Davies, Arthur C. Armorial families; a directory of gentlemen
of coat-armour. 7th ed. London, Hurst & Blackett, 1929. 2 v.
(xxxviii, 2191 p.) coats of arms (part col.)
CR1618.F6 1929
6. Humphery-Smith, Cecil R. General armory two; Alfred Morant's
additions and corrections to Burke's General armory, edited and
augmented by Cecil R. Humphery-Smith. Baltimore, Genealogical Pub.
Co., 1974 [c1973] 230 p. illus.
CR1619.H86 1974
7. Innes, Sir Thomas. Scots heraldry; a practical handbook on the
historical principles and modern application of the arts and
science. [2d ed., rev. and enl.] Edinburgh, Oliver and Boyd [1956]
xxiv, 258 p. illus., coats of arms (part col.), facisms. (part
col.)
CR1652.I5 1956
Bibliographic reference included in "Guide to Further Study of
Scottish Heraldry" (p. 234-238). Bibliographic footnotes.
8. MacLysght, Edward. Irish families; their names, arms, and origins.
Illustrated by Myra Maguire. [3d ed., rev.] New York, Crown
Publishers [1972] 365 p. illus.
CS498.M3 1972
Bibliography: p. 316-336.
9. -----More Irish families. Galway [Ire.] O'Gorman, 1960. 320 p.
col. coats of arms.
CS498.M32
Bibliography: P285-290.
10. -----Supplement to Irish families. Baltimore, Genealogical Book
Co. [1964] 163 P.
CS498.M33
"Additional notes on names dealt with in [the author's] _Irish
Families and More Irish Families_": p. 157-163.
11. Papworth, John W. Ordinary of British armorials. Introductions by
G. D. Squibb [and] A. R. Wagner. London, Tabard Publications
[1961] xxii, 1125 p.
CR1619.P2 1961
Reproduced form the original ed. of 1874.
12. Paul, Sir James B. An ordinary of arms, contained in the public
register of all arms and bearings in Scotland. 2d ed. Edinburgh,
W. Green, 1903. xxiv, 428.
CR1658.P3
13. Roll of Scottish arms. Edited by Lt. Colonel Gayre of Gayre and
Nigg and Reinold Gayre of Gayre and Nigg the Younger. Edinburgh,,
The Armorial, 1964 [i.e. 1965]+
CR1659.R6
Contents: pt. 1. v. 1. A-G. --v. 2. H-Z.--
1. Blanche, Pierre. Dictionaire et armorial des noms de famille de
France. [Paris] Fayard [1974] xlvi, 249 p. illus.
CR1798.B55
2. Chassant, Alphonse A. L., and Henri Tausin. Dictionaire des
devises historiques et heraldiques. Geneve, Slatkine, 1978. 754,
xiv, 135 p. plates.
CR73.C4 1978
Reprint of the 1878 ed.
3. ----- ----- Supplement, par Henri Tausin. Geneve, Slatkine, 1978.
xxxvi, 583, 152p.
Reprint of the 1895 ed.
4. Crollalanza, Giovanni B. di. Dizionario storico-blasonico delle
famiglie nobile e notablili italiane estinti e fiorenti. Pisa,
Presso la direczione del Geornale araldico, 1886-96. 3 v. col.
coats of arms.
CS757.C8
5. Deutsche Wappenrolle. Bd. 1+ Hrsg. vom "Herold," Verein Fur
Heraldik, Genealogie und verwandte Wissenschaften zu Berlin.
Bearb. vom Herods-Ausschum der Deutschen Wappenrolle. Neustadt an
der Aisch, Degener, 1936+ coats of arms.
CR1821.D4
LC holdings incomplete.
6. Garcia Carraffa, Alberto, and Arturo Garcia Carraffa. Enciclopedia
heraldic y genealocia hispano-americana. [Madrid, Impr. de A.
Marzo, 1919-63] 88 v. illus., col. coats of arms.
CR2142.G3
LC set incomplete
7. Henning, Eckart. Nachweise burgerlicher Wappen in Deutschland,
1937-1973. Neustadt an der Aisch, Degener, 1975. 132 p.
(Genealogische Informationen, Bd. 2)
CR1834.H45
8. Jager-Sunstenau, Hanns. General-Index zu den Siebmacher'schen
Wappenbchern, 1605-1961. Graz, Akademische Druck- u.
Verlagsanstalt, 1964. 47*, 586 p.
Cr1179.S5J3
9. "Abkurzungszeichen"; [2] p. inserted.
Introduction includes bibliogrpahic history.
----- ----- Nachtrag. Graz, Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt,
1969. xxiii p.
CR1179.S5J3 Suppl.
10. Jougla de Morenas, Henri, ed. Grand armorial de France; catalogue
general des armoiries des familles nobles de France, comprenant les
blasons des familles ayant possede dis charges dans le royaume et
de cellesayant fait enregisterer leurs armoiries en 1696, de la
noblesse de l'empire, des anoblissements de la restauration,
donnant les tableaux genealogiques de familles comfirmees dans leur
noblesse entree 1660 et 1830. [Paris] Editions heraldiques, 1934-
49. 6 v. coats of arms (part col.), geneal. tables
CR1801.J6
Vols. 2, 4-6 published by Societe du Grand armorial de France.
11. Kenfenheuer, Johann J. Alphabetisches Namen register burgerlicher
deutscher Wappenvorkommen. Hoffnungsthal, E. Pilgram, 1937. 264 p.
CR1829.K45
"Abkurzungs- und Quellen-Verzeichnis": p. 11-24.
12. Lukomskii, Vladislav K., and Sergei N. Troinitskii. Ukazateli k
Vysochaishe utverzhdennym Obshchemu Gerbovniku dvorianskikh rodov
Tsarstva Pol'skago. Sanktpeterburg, 1910. 151 p.
CR2039.L8
Indexes the general armorial of the noble families of the Russian
Empire and Niesiecki's Polish armorial.
13. Neubecker, Ottfried, and Wilhelm Rentzmann. wappen-Bilder-Lexikon.
Dictionnaire heraldique. Encyclopaedia of heraldry. Munchen,
Battenberg [1974] 418 p. (chiefly illus.)
Based in part on Rentzmann's _Numismatisches Wappen-Lexicon des
Mittelalters und der Neuzeit_ (Berlin, H. Veit, 1876).
A guide to the identification of coats of arms, arranged by the
type of object displayed.
14. Niesiecki, Kaspar. Herbarz polski. W Lipsku, Breitkopf i Haertel,
1839-46. 10v. illus.
CS874.N6
15. Pama, C. Heraldry of South African families: coats of
arms/crests/ancestry. Capetown, A. A. Balkema, 1972. 365 p. coats
of arms.
CR2790.P28
Bibliography: p. 345-358
16. Piferrer, Francisco. Nobiliario de los reinos y senorios de
Espana. Contiene las armas y blasonnes de los reinos, provincias,
ciudades, villas y principales pueblos de Espana. 2. ed. Madrid,
1857-60. 6 v. col. coats of arms.
CS947.P5 1857
17. ----- Archivo heraldico. Armas, timbres y blasones de nuestra
ilustre nobleza espanola: apendice a todos los nobiliarios
espanoles, antiguos blez espanola: apendice a todo los nobiliarios
espanoles, antiguos y modernos. madrid, 1863-66. 2 v. in 1. col.
coats of arms.
CS947.P5 1857 App.
18. Renesse, Theodore de, comte. Dictionaire dis figures heraldiques.
Bruxelles, O. Schepens, 1894-1903. 7 v. coats of arms.
CR13.R4
Based on the descriptions of the armorial bearings in Rietstap's
_Armorial general_.
19. Rietstap, Johannes B. Armorial general, precede de'un dictionnaire
des termes du blason. 2. ed., refondue et augm. Gouda, G. B. van
Goor zonen [1884]-87. 2 v. plates.
CR1179.R52
Contents: v. 1. A-K. --v. 2. L-Z. Supplement. Appendice.
20. ----- ----- Supplement par V. H. [i.e. Victor et Henri] Rolland.
La Haye, M. Nijhoff, 1926-54. 7 v. illus., coats of arms, fold.,
geneal. tables, ports.
CR1179.R52 Suppl.
Vol. 1-2 issued in parts, 1904-26.
21. ----- ----- ----- Table du supplement, par Henri Rolland. Lyon,
Societe de sauvegarde historique, 1951. 1 v. (unpaged)
CR1179.R52 Suppl. Index
22. Rolland, Victor, and Henri Rolland. General illustrated armorial.
[3d ed.] Lyon, Sauvegarde historique [1953?] 6 v. in 4. illus.,
coats of arms.
CR1179.R653 1953
Translation of _Armoiries des familles contenues dans l'Armorial
general de J. B. Rietstap_ originally published 1903-26.
Illustrates the coats of arms described in Rietstap's _Armorial
general_.
23. Russia. _Department gerol'dii_. Obshchii Gerbovnik dvorianskikh
rodov Vserossiiskiia Imperii, nachatyi v 1797m godu [S.-Peterburg,
1798]- 1862. 11v. coatso f arms, geneal. tables.
CR2039.A53
Of the 18 manuscript volumes, the first 10 were published in 1798-
1836. The part of v. 1 that was printed consists of the title
page, dated 1862, and 30 color plates (coats of arms), some with
explanatory text. No more published.
Vo. 11 in LC set incomplete; three plates wanting.
24. ----- ----- Alfavitnyi spisok familiiam. [S. Peterbug, 1840?] 16
leaves.
CR2039.A532
25. Scorza, Angelo M. G. Enciclopedia araldica italiana. Genova,
Studio ricerche storiche [1955]+ coats of arms (part col.), geneal.
tables.
CR572.S35
Issued in parts.
26. Sibmacher, Johann. Grosses und allgemeines Wappenbuch, in ieiner
neuen, vollstandig geordneten und reich vermehrten Aufl., mit
heraldischen und historisch-genealogischen Erlauterungen.
Nurnburg, Bauer und Raspe [1854]-1961. 7. in 101. illus., plates.
CR1179. S5
Issued in parts.
LC set incomlete.
First published in 1605 as _New Wapenbuch_.
The volumes of this edition are being reprinted, in a different
arrangement, by Bauer und Raspe in Neustadt an der Aisch
(CR1179.S52).
27. Spreti, Vittorio, _marchese_. Enciclopedia storico-nobiliare
italiana. Familglie nobili e titolate viventi riconosciute dal R.
o governo d'Italia compresi: citta, comunita, mense vescovili,
abazie, parrocchie ed enti nobili e titolati riconosciuti.
Minlano, 1928-35. 8 v. illus., col. coats of arms, ports.
CS757.S7
28. Tretiakoff, Igorr V. de. Armorial de la noblesse de Russie, avec
notices genealogiques et biblographiques. [Paris] Richard-Masse
[1946] xxvii, 253 p. coatsof arms, fold. geneal. table.
CR2041.T7
At head of title: La Societe russe d'historie et de genealogie en
Belgique.
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