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Title: The definitive source for the subject
Review: Volume 1 is an alphabetical index by family name to the crests illustrated in Volume 2. The crest which appears above the shield in most arms often tells its own story about events in the family's history and is worth paying attention to. Also useful is the extensive list of mottoes, with translations (but Elvin's _Handbook of Mottoes_ is much better for that).
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