Carl-Alexander von Volborth

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Carl-Alexander von Volborth (b. February 21, 1919) is a German-born American heraldic artist and heraldist.

Born in Berlin-Charlottenburg, von Volborth received the Gustaf von Numers Prize 1984 in the XVIth International Congress of Genealogical and Heraldic Sciences in Helsinki. He is a member of HEROLD, Verein für Heraldik, Genealogie und verwandte Wissenschaften zu Berlin e. V. since 1990 and a member of Académie Internationale d'Héraldique.[1]

[edit] Works

• Heraldry: Customs, Rules, and Styles Poole, Dorset, New Orchard Editions, 1981, 229 pp.
• The Art of Heraldry Poole, Dorset, Blandford Press, 1984, 224 pp.
• Heraldry of the World (edited by Hubert Chesshyre) Poole, Dorset, Blandford Press, 1973, 251 pp.
• Little Manual of Heraldry: A Synoptical Approach
• The Very Dubious Codex Senilski (with Marc Van de Cruys), Homunculus, Wijnegem, 2004
• The Very Peculiar Codex of Pluckingham Court, Homunculus, Wijnegem, 2006