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House mottoes and inscriptions: old and new. New and rev. ed.

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London, E. Stock, 1908. Detroit, Singing Tree Press, 1968.

1968-1908

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State names, flags, seals, songs, birds, flowers, and other symbols; a study based on historical documents giving the origin and significance of the state names, nicknames, mottoes, seals, flags, flowers, birds, songs, and descriptive comments on the capitol buildings and on some of the leading state histories, with facsimiles of the state flags and seals.

Book/Text

Westport, Conn., Greenwood Press [1970]

1970-1938

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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 by C. N. Elvin.

Book/Text

Baltimore, Genealogical Pub. Co., 1971.

1971-1860

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I motti delle famiglie italiane. Raccolte da Carlo Padiglione.

Book/Text

Bologna, Forni, 1972.

1972-1910

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Discovering mottoes, slogans and war-cries.

Book/Text

Aylesbury, Shire Publications, 1973.

1973

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Mottoes and inscriptions on orders and decorations [microform] [by] Leonard L. Barton.

Microform

Ryde, N.S.W., New South Wales Military Historical Society, 1969.

1969

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Das Motto in der englischen Literatur des 19. Jahrhunderts / Rudolf Böhm.

Book/Text

München : Fink, 1975.

1975

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Das Motto in der Lyrik : Funktion und Form der "épigraphe" vor Gedichten der französischen Romantik sowie der nachromantischen Zeit / von Krista Segermann.

Book/Text

München : W. Fink, 1977.

1977

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American mottoes and slogans, by George Earlie Shankle.

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New York, H. W. Wilson, 1941.

1941

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1000 devises remarquables / André Lepine.

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Cerfontaine : A. Lepine, 1982.

1982

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A Dictionary of mottoes / [edited by] L.G. Pine.

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London ; Boston : Routledge & K. Paul, 1983.

1983

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An index on icons in English emblem books, 1500-1700 / by Huston Diehl.

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Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, c1986.

1986

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Mottoes : a compilation of more than 9,000 mottoes from around the world and throughout history ... / Laurence Urdang, editorial director ; Ceila Dame Robbins, editor ; Frank R. Abate, associate editor.

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Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., c1986.

1986

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State names, seals, flags, and symbols : a historical guide / Benjamin F. Shearer and Barbara S. Shearer ; illustrations by Jerrie Yehling Smith.

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New York : Greenwood Press, 1987.

1987

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Watashi no sukina kotoba : ichiryūjin / Satō Hideo hen.

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Tōkyō : Kōdansha, Shōwa 60 [1985]

1985

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An index of emblems of the Italian academies : based on Michele Maylender's Storie delle accademie d'Italia / Jennifer Montagu.

Book/Text

London : Warburg Institute, Univ. of London, 1988.

1988

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Australian mottoes / Vivienne Sigley.

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Queen Victoria Terrace, ACT : ALIA Press, 1989.

1989

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Crests of the principal families of Great Britain and Ireland, with explanations and mottos / engraved by J. Kirkwood & Sons, from sketches by G. Sanders.

Book/Text

Edinburgh : Printed for W. Blackwood and Vernor and Hood, 1805.

1805

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Instrumentum emblematicum / curavit José Manuel Díaz de Bustamante.

Book/Text

Hildesheim ; New York : Olms-Weidmann, 1992.

1992

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The identifying symbols of Canadian institutions / Ian L. Campbell.

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[Waterloo]: Renison College : Canadian Heraldry Associates, 1990-

1990-1993

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State names, seals, flags, and symbols : a historical guide / Benjamin F. Shearer and Barbara S. Shearer ; illustrations by Jerrie Yehling Smith.

Book/Text

Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1994.

1994

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FormatBook/TextCall numberPub. Cat. E155 .S44 1994Item locationSchwarzman Building - Public Catalog Room 315

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On mottoes of my life / Karen Blixen.

Book/Text

Copenhagen : Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 1962.

1962

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Lexikon der Stammbuchsprüche : Stechow's Stammbuchsprüche-Schlüssel (S.S.S.S.) / zusammengestellt von Friedrich-Carl Freiherr v. Stechow.

Book/Text

Neustadt/Aisch : Degener, c1996.

1996

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Ragionamento di monsignor Paolo Giovio sopra i motti e disegni d'arme et d'amore che comunemente chiamano imprese.

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Milano, G. Daelli, 1863.

1863

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Proverbs and family mottoes with the names of the families by whom they are adopted.

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London, G. Routledge, 1891.

1891

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FormatBook/TextCall numberNAX (Mair, J. A. Proverbs and family mottoes)Item locationSchwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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A hand-book of mottoes borne by the nobility, gentry, cities, public companies, &c. translated and illustrated with notes and quotations, by C. N. Elvin, M. A.

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London, Bell and Daldy, 1860.

1860

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Nachlese zu den Devisen für Deutschlands Gelehrte, Künstler etc. ...

Book/Text

[Essling] 1773.

1773

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House mottoes and inscriptions: old and new, by S. F. A. Caulfeild.

Book/Text

London, E. Stock, 1902.

1902

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FormatBook/TextCall numberSBC (Caulfeild, S. House mottoes and inscriptions)Item locationOffsite

Elvin's Handbook of mottoes.

Book/Text

London (10 Beauchamp place S.W.) Heraldry Today, 1971.

1971

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I motti delle famiglie italiane.

Book/Text

Napoli, F. Giannini & Figli, 1910.

1910

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A hand-book of mottoes borne by the nobility, gentry, cities, public companies. Translated and illustrated with notes and quotation by C. N. Elvin.

Book/Text

London, Heraldry Today [1963]

1963-1860

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Divise-motti imprese di famiglie e personaggi italiani / Jacopo Gelli ; con trecentosessanta figure riprodotte da stampe originali.

Book/Text

Milano : Ulrico Hoepli, 1916.

1916

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FormatBook/TextCall numberAWG (Gelli, J. Divise-motti-imprese di famiglie e personaggi italiani)Item locationOffsite

Lijf-en wapenspreuken van het vorstelijk huis, van den Nederlandschen adel, van beroemde Nederlanders en Buitenlanders enz ...

Book/Text

[s' Gravenhage, L.J. van Zwijndregt, 1893.]

1893

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FormatBook/TextCall numberAWG (Heraldicus, Lijf-en wapenspreuken van het vorstelijk huis)Item locationOffsite

Morals of mottoes / By Samuel B. James.

Book/Text

London : The Religious tract society, [1874].

1874

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Wahlsprüche, devisen und sinnsprüche deutscher fürstengeschlechter des XVI. und XVII. jahrhunderts, von dr. Max Löbe.

Book/Text

Leipzig, J. A. Barth, 1883.

1883

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FormatBook/TextCall numberAWG (Lobe, M. Wahlspruche, Devisen und Sinnspruche)Item locationOffsite

Les devises des villes de France : leur origine, leur historique, avec les descriptions des armoiries et quelques reproductions / /c Henri Tausin.

Book/Text

Paris : F. Campbell, 1914.

1914

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Heraldic illustrations : comprising the armorial bearings of the principal families of the empire, with pedigrees and annotations / by John Burke and John Bernard Burke.

Book/Text

London : E. Churton, 1843-1846.

1843-1846

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English posies and posy rings; a catalogue with an introduction by Joan Evans ...

Book/Text

London, Oxford University Press, H. Milford, 1931.

1931

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Knight's gems; or, Device book.

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London, J. Williams [1836]

1836

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XL muzikale Boekmerken met eene Opgave van meer dan ccc Spreuken, die op dit soort van Boekmerken voorkomen. XL ex-libris musicaux ... XL musikalische Bücherzeichen ... XL musical book-plates, with a list of more than ccc mottoes to be found on this class of bookplates.

Book/Text

Amsterdam, F. Muller, 1897.

1897

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FormatBook/TextCall numberMDVC (Verster, J. F. XL muzikale boekmerken)Item locationSchwarzman Building - Print Collection Room 308

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El lema de Mérida.

Book/Text

Mérida, Junta IV Centenario de la Fundación de Mérida, 1956.

1956

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FormatBook/TextCall numberHAE p.v. 818 9 titlesItem locationSchwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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The motto book; being a catalogue of epigrams, by Fra Elbertus [pseud.] assisted at times by Solomon, Shakespeare, Benjamin Franklin, Ruskin, Walt Whitman, Ali Baba, Wilbur Nesbit, and other literary ruff nex.

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East Aurora, N.Y., The Roycrofters [c1914]

1914

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FormatBook/TextCall numberNAC p.v. 721 no. 1-7Item locationSchwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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The motto book; being a catalogue of epigrams, by Fra Elbertus [pseud.] assisted at times by Solomon, Ruskin, Shakespeare, Joaquin Miller, Benjamin Franklin, Walt Whitman, Ali Baba, and Felix Cyrenius.

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East Aurora, N.Y., The Roycrofters [1909]

1909

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The motto book, by Fra Elbertus [pseud.] assisted at times by Solomon, Shakespeare, Benjamin Franklin, Ruskin, Walt Whitman, Ali Baba, Wilbur Nesbit and other literary ruff nex. Is the world all wrong? Reform yourself.

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East Aurora, N.Y. State, The Roycrofters [c1917]

1917

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Posies ...

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Langensalza, J. Beltz, 1921.

1921

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Devises et cries de guerre de la noblesse Belge.

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Bruxelles : [s.n.], 1894.

1894

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FormatBook/TextCall numberAWG (Ridder, A. de. Devises et cries de guerre de la noblesse Belge)Item locationSchwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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Helio-tropes; or, New posies for sundials written in an old book partly in English and partly in Latin, and expounded in English by John Parmenter, clerk, of Wingham in the county of Kent, 1625. Edited by Perceval Landon ...

Book/Text

London, Methuen & co., 1904.

1904

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FormatBook/TextCall number*KL (Landon, P. Helio-tropes)Item locationSchwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328

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