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HERALDRY -- Comte Théodore de RENESSE. Dictionnaire des figures héraldique. Brussels: 1894-1903. 7 volumes, 8 o (239 x 165mm). 39 plates. Contemporary morocco-backed marbled boards (scuffed). The original edition. -- [With:] J. DIELITZ. Die Wahl- und Denksprüche, Feldgeschreie, Losungen, Schlacht- und Volksrufe, besonders des Mittelalters und der Neuzeit. Frankfurt am Main: 1884. Large 4 o (306 x 238 mm). (Some browning.) Later cloth-backed boards (stitching weak). The original edition of this indispensable dictionary of devices in all languages, giving their original versions, translations into German and the persons, families and institutions which employed them. -- Giovanni Battista di CROLLALANZA. Dizionario storico-blasonico delle famiglie nobili e notabili italiane estinte efiorenti. Sala Bolognese: 1977. 3 volumes, 8 o (239 x 165 mm). 12 plates. Original wrappers. A facsimile reprint of the original edition of 1886-1890. -- 16 others. (27)