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Title: Heraldic Crests : A Pictorial Archive of 4,424 Designs for Artists and Craftspeople by James Fairbairn ISBN: 0-486-27713-5 Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: 14 September, 1993 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.5 (4 reviews)
Rating: 1
Summary: Victorian Heraldry on its Best... and Worst
Comment: A set of over 4,000 crest designs, but what a disappointment! The true heraldic craftsmen drew their inspiration from true heraldic sources, i.e. the Middle Ages. After 1600 or so heraldry went into a steep decline, culminating in the truly awful Victorian concept of depicting the 'real' thing, as opposed to the brutal and wonderful power of the symbolic art of earlier craftsmen. Thus we're stuck with 'real' lions and dragons and any kind of object, complete with shadowing. Well, the book was published in 1859, so I should have known better.... If you're interested in Victorian heraldry, it's a wonderful book. If you're interested in real heraldry it's a waste of money. Try the compilations of Sir Anthony Wagner instead. Now t h a t is true heraldic power.
Rating: 5
Summary: Good collection of high resolution, black-and-white images.
Comment: Enlarged versions of the black-and-white heraldic designs common to most coats of arms and crests. Perfect for scanning and easily adaptable by experienced graphic designers. Originally published in smaller versions in Fairbairn's Book of Crests.
Rating: 3
Summary: resource book for designing new crests, not finding old ones
Comment: This book includes hundreds of components of potential crest designs shown in black and white on plates. It does not include any family names, family crests, or or any type of index to the images included in the book.
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Title: Heraldic Designs for Artists and Craftspeople by J. M. Bergling ISBN: 0486296636 Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: 16 May, 1997 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: Design Your Own Coat of Arms : An Introduction to Heraldry by Rosemary A. Chorzempa ISBN: 048624993X Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: 01 July, 1987 List Price(USD): $3.95 |
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Title: Heraldry : A Pictorial Archive for Artists and Designers by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies ISBN: 048626906X Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: 25 November, 1991 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Coat of Arms by Catherine Daly-Weir, Jeff Crosby, Jane O'Connor ISBN: 0448419750 Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap Pub. Date: March, 2000 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: The Complete Book of Heraldry: An International History of Heraldry and Its Contemporary Uses by Stephen Slater ISBN: 0754810623 Publisher: Lorenz Books Pub. Date: December, 2002 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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