Author: Pama, C.
Title: Heraldry of South African Families. Coast of Arms, Crests, Ancestry.
Description: A.A. Balkema. Cape Town 1972 1st edition. Green vynide boards. 365pp illustrated b/w with tipped in coloured card frontis. 8vo. 1.1kg. No inscriptions. spine a little handled hence a G-VG copy overall. contents excellent. no dustwrapper. Descriptions of well over 1100 coats of arms of South African families. For each family biographical details of the first settler, year of arrival, ancestry, children, etc. are given with full documentation and exact reference to archival and printed sources. Deals with Dutch & English heraldry, the Bell-Krynauw collection, a large armorial section, and a glossary of heraldic terms. A definitive work.

Keywords: heraldry africa african south southern


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