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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
    • 1 Item
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    Text AWG 70-8Offsite
  • State names, flags, seals, songs, birds, flowers, and other symbols; a study based on historical documents giving the origin and significance of the state names, nicknames, mottoes, seals, flags, flowers, birds, songs, and descriptive comments on the capitol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.

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    • Westport, Conn., Greenwood Press [1970]
    • 1970-1938
    • 1 Item
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    Text JFD 88-8279Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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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.

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    • Baltimore, Genealogical Pub. Co., 1971.
    • 1971-1860
    • 2 Items
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    Text NYGB CR 75 G7 E5Offsite
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    Text JFC 72-1335Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • State names, flags, seals, songs, birds, flowers, and other symbols; a study based on historical documents giving the origin and significance of the state names, nicknames, mottoes, seals, flags, flowers, birds, songs, and descriptive comments on the capitol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

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    • New York, The H.W. Wilson company, 1938.
    • 1938
    • 1 Item
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    Text AWK 72-185Offsite
  • I motti delle famiglie italiane. Raccolte da Carlo Padiglione.

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    • Bologna, Forni, 1972.
    • 1972-1910
    • 1 Item
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    Text AWG 73-2677Offsite
  • Discovering mottoes, slogans and war-cries.

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    • Aylesbury, Shire Publications, 1973.
    • 1973
    • 1 Item
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    Text JFC 75-1874Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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

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    • Ryde, N.S.W., New South Wales Military Historical Society, 1969.
    • 1969
  • Das Motto in der englischen Literatur des 19. Jahrhunderts / Rudolf Böhm.

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    • München : Fink, 1975.
    • 1975
    • 1 Item
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    Text JFD 76-4568Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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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.

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    • München : W. Fink, 1977.
    • 1977
    • 1 Item
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    Text JFE 79-1753Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • Holland op z'n malst : koddige en ernstige opschriften op luiffels, wagens, glazen, borden, graven, en elders / samengesteld door Sam Waagenaar.

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    • Delft : Elmar, [1978]
    • 1978
    • 1 Item
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    Text JFB 79-338Offsite
  • American mottoes and slogans, by George Earlie Shankle.

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    • New York, H. W. Wilson, 1941.
    • 1941
    • 2 Items
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    Text IAG 80-560Offsite
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    Text IAG 80-560Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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  • 1000 devises remarquables / André Lepine.

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    • Cerfontaine : A. Lepine, 1982.
    • 1982
    • 1 Item
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    Text AWP 85-2071Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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

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    • London ; Boston : Routledge & K. Paul, 1983.
    • 1983
    • 1 Item
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    Text JFE 86-2641Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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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
    • 1 Item
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    Text JFF 86-1026Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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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
    • 2 Items
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    Text JBE 18-676Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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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
    • 2 Items
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    Text AWK 88-6685Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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    Text JFE 95-949Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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  • Watashi no sukina kotoba : ichiryūjin / Satō Hideo hen.

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    • Tōkyō : Kōdansha, Shōwa 60 [1985]
    • 1985
    • 1 Item
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    Text JAY M-1799Offsite
  • An index of emblems of the Italian academies : based on Michele Maylender's Storie delle accademie d'Italia / Jennifer Montagu.

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    • London : Warburg Institute, Univ. of London, 1988.
    • 1988
    • 1 Item
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    Text JFF 90-884Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • Australian mottoes / Vivienne Sigley.

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    • Queen Victoria Terrace, ACT : ALIA Press, 1989.
    • 1989
    • 1 Item
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    Text JFD 90-9135Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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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.

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    • Edinburgh : Printed for W. Blackwood and Vernor and Hood, 1805.
    • 1805
    • 1 Item
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    Text AWG 92-7525Offsite
  • Instrumentum emblematicum / curavit José Manuel Díaz de Bustamante.

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    • Hildesheim ; New York : Olms-Weidmann, 1992.
    • 1992
    • 2 Items
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    Text JFE 92-4165 V. 1 A-KSchwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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    Text JFE 92-4165 V. 2 L-ZSchwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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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
    • 5 Items
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    Text AWT 93-436 pt. 3Offsite
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    Text AWT 93-436 pt. 2Offsite
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    Text AWT 93-436 pt. 1Offsite
  • 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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    • Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1994.
    • 1994
    • 2 Items
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    Text Pub. Cat. E155 .S44 1994Schwarzman Building - Public Catalog Room 315

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    Text AWK 95-707Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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  • On mottoes of my life / Karen Blixen.

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    • Copenhagen : Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 1962.
    • 1962
    • 2 Items
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    Text Berg Coll Blixen O56 1962Schwarzman Building - Berg Collection Room 320

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    Text C-12 9815 no. 1-7Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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

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    • Neustadt/Aisch : Degener, c1996.
    • 1996
    • 1 Item
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    Text JFD 97-8589Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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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
    • 1 Item

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    Text NAX (Giovio, P. Ragionamento di monsignor Paolo Giovio)Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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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
    • 1 Item
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    Text NAX (Mair, J. A. Proverbs and family mottoes)Schwarzman 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
    • 1 Item
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    Text *R Pforz GEN *Elvin 1860Schwarzman Building - Pforzheimer Collection Room 319

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

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    • [Essling] 1773.
    • 1773
    • 1 Item

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    Text NAY (Reichard, H. A. O. Nachlese zu den Devisen)Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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

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    • London, E. Stock, 1902.
    • 1902
    • 1 Item

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    Text SBC (Caulfeild, S. House mottoes and inscriptions)Offsite
  • Elvin's Handbook of mottoes.

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    • London (10 Beauchamp place S.W.) Heraldry Today, 1971.
    • 1971
    • 1 Item
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    Text JFC 97-1951Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • I motti delle famiglie italiane.

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    • Napoli, F. Giannini & Figli, 1910.
    • 1910
    • 1 Item
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    Text APD (Padiglione, C. Motti delle famiglie Italiane)Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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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.

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    • London, Heraldry Today [1963]
    • 1963-1860
    • 1 Item
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    Text AWG (Elvin, C. N. Hand-book of mottoes borne by the nobility, gentry, cities, public companies)Offsite
  • Divise-motti imprese di famiglie e personaggi italiani / Jacopo Gelli ; con trecentosessanta figure riprodotte da stampe originali.

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    • Milano : Ulrico Hoepli, 1916.
    • 1916
    • 1 Item
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    Text AWG (Gelli, J. Divise-motti-imprese di famiglie e personaggi italiani)Offsite
  • Lijf-en wapenspreuken van het vorstelijk huis, van den Nederlandschen adel, van beroemde Nederlanders en Buitenlanders enz ...

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    • [s' Gravenhage, L.J. van Zwijndregt, 1893.]
    • 1893
    • 1 Item
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    Text AWG (Heraldicus, Lijf-en wapenspreuken van het vorstelijk huis)Offsite
  • Morals of mottoes / By Samuel B. James.

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    • London : The Religious tract society, [1874].
    • 1874
    • 1 Item
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    Text AWG (James, S. B. Morals of mottoes)Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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

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    • Leipzig, J. A. Barth, 1883.
    • 1883
    • 1 Item
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    Text AWG (Lobe, M. Wahlspruche, Devisen und Sinnspruche)Offsite
  • Les devises des villes de France : leur origine, leur historique, avec les descriptions des armoiries et quelques reproductions / /c Henri Tausin.

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    • Paris : F. Campbell, 1914.
    • 1914
    • 1 Item
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    Text AWG (Tausin, H. Devises des villes de France)Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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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.

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    • London : E. Churton, 1843-1846.
    • 1843-1846
    • 8 Items
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    Text AWN (Burke, J. Heraldic illustrations) v. 2 (1845)Offsite
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    Text AWN (Burke, J. Heraldic illustrations) v. 3 (1846)Offsite
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    Text AWN (Burke, J. Heraldic illustrations) v. 3 (1846)Offsite
  • Die wahl-und denksprüche, feldgeschreie, losungen, schlacht-und völksrufe besonders des mittelalters und der neuzeit, gesammelt, alphabetisch geordnet und erläutert von J. Dielitz.

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    • Frankfurt a/M., W. Rommel, 1884.
    • 1884
    • 1 Item
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    Text AWG (Dielitz, J.)Offsite
  • English posies and posy rings; a catalogue with an introduction by Joan Evans ...

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    • London, Oxford University Press, H. Milford, 1931.
    • 1931
    • 1 Item
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    Text 3-MNR (Evans, J. English posies and posy rings)Schwarzman Building - Art and Architecture Room 300

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  • Knight's gems; or, Device book.

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    • London, J. Williams [1836]
    • 1836
    • 1 Item
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    Text 3-MLY (Knight, F. Knight's gems)Schwarzman Building - Art and Architecture Room 300

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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.

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    • Amsterdam, F. Muller, 1897.
    • 1897
    • 3 Items

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    Text MDVC (Verster, J. F. XL muzikale boekmerken)Schwarzman Building - Print Collection Room 308

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    Text MDVC (Muller, F., & Compagnie, Amsterdam. XL muzikale boekmerken)Schwarzman Building - Print Collection Room 308

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  • El lema de Mérida.

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    • Mérida, Junta IV Centenario de la Fundación de Mérida, 1956.
    • 1956
    • 1 Item
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    Text HAE p.v. 818 9 titlesSchwarzman 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
    • 1 Item
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    Text NAC p.v. 721 no. 1-7Schwarzman 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
    • 1 Item
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    Text NAC p.v. 644 5 titlesSchwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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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
    • 1 Item
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    Text NAC p.v. 438 6 titlesSchwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • Posies ...

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    • Langensalza, J. Beltz, 1921.
    • 1921
    • 1 Item
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    Text NCI p.v. 131 8 titlesSchwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • Devises et cries de guerre de la noblesse Belge.

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    • Bruxelles : [s.n.], 1894.
    • 1894
    • 1 Item
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    Text AWG (Ridder, A. de. Devises et cries de guerre de la noblesse Belge)Schwarzman 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 ...

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    • London, Methuen & co., 1904.
    • 1904
    • 1 Item
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    Text *KL (Landon, P. Helio-tropes)Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328

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