What are the “must have” Heraldic reference books?
Posted: 15 Aug 2019, 14:02
What are the “must have” Heraldic reference books? My initial list is:
An Ordinary of Arms Volume I, 1903. - Sir James Balfour Paul
An Ordinary of Arms Volume II, 1977. - Lyon Office
An Ordinary of Scottish Arms pre-1672
Dictionary of British Arms: Medieval Ordinary (4 Vols)
General Armory Burke's
General Armory Two 1973 - Cecil R. Humphery-Smith
Papworth's Ordinary of British Armorials
Fairbairns Book Of Crests Of The Families Of Great Britain And Ireland (2 Vols)
Grantees of Arms 1687 to 1898 - Harleian Society
Grantees of Arms to the end of the 17th Century - Harleian Society
Herald's Visitations - Various Counties - Harleian Society
Armorial Families 1929 - Arthur C. Fox-Davies
Illustrations to the Armorial General – Rolland & Rolland
Armorial General – Rietstap
What else do I have to sneak past my wife into the study? Those in italic I only have as PDF.
An Ordinary of Arms Volume I, 1903. - Sir James Balfour Paul
An Ordinary of Arms Volume II, 1977. - Lyon Office
An Ordinary of Scottish Arms pre-1672
Dictionary of British Arms: Medieval Ordinary (4 Vols)
General Armory Burke's
General Armory Two 1973 - Cecil R. Humphery-Smith
Papworth's Ordinary of British Armorials
Fairbairns Book Of Crests Of The Families Of Great Britain And Ireland (2 Vols)
Grantees of Arms 1687 to 1898 - Harleian Society
Grantees of Arms to the end of the 17th Century - Harleian Society
Herald's Visitations - Various Counties - Harleian Society
Armorial Families 1929 - Arthur C. Fox-Davies
Illustrations to the Armorial General – Rolland & Rolland
Armorial General – Rietstap
What else do I have to sneak past my wife into the study? Those in italic I only have as PDF.