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| Title | The antiquities of heraldry, collected from the literature, coins [&c.] of pre-Christian and mediæval times; with a catalogue of early armorial seals |
| Author | William Smith Ellis |
| Published | 1869 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 22 Jun 2006 |
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