Heraldic Crests: A Pictorial Archive of 4,424 Designs for Artists and Craftspeople

by James Fairbairn and James Fairbarin

Book Overview

Rich selection of royalty-free motifs from famous British reference. Striking, varied designs include lions, tigers, wreaths, falcons, rosettes, human figures, mythical creatures, crowns, and much more.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0486277135
• ISBN13: 9780486277134
• Release Date: September 1993
• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.0" x 10.8"

Customer Reviews

well worth the purchase

Fantastic and completely comprehensive pictorial book of heraldic designs. Much needed to complete a fairly obscure project I was working on, and sure enough, there is another Dover book to help out. Very much worth the purchase!

Good collection of high resolution, black-and-white images.

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.

Great resource for designing your coat of arms

No text or explanations of the different symbols in this book. If you're looking for a resource to get ideas for your coat of arms, then this is what you want. Very comprehensive array of pictures. I scanned the pictures I needed, imported them into Photoshop and voila! A great looking coat of arms!