A.A.Balkema, two volumes, english/ afrikaans, completely revised edition augmented and rewritten by the author from C.C.De Villiers, 1217 pages, 150 x 225mm, ex library with usual labels and markings, condition: good to very good.
Originally from Holland, the author was involved in publishing and bookselling before his arrival in South Africa in 1955. With his specialist knowledge of Dutch Heraldry , the author not only established a heraldic terminology in Afrikaans, he launched an inquiry into the origins of old Dutch coats-of-arms of South African families which became , 'Die Wapens van die ou Afrikaanse Families'.
Chair of the Heraldry Society of Southern Africa, a member of the Heraldry Council, editor of the Journal of the Genealogical Society, he was also commissioned to design the state symbols of the Republic of South Africa. ( from 'Lions and Virgins')
- Overall Condition: very good
- Size: 150 x 225mm
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