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A Book of Symbols for Camp Fire Girls (New York: Camp Fire Outfitting Co., 1915), by Charlotte V. Gulick (page images at HathiTrust)
Semiotics for Beginners, by Daniel Chandler (frame-dependent illustrated HTML in the UK)
The American Boys' Book of Signs, Signals and Symbols (Philadelphia and London: J. B. Lippincott Co., c1918), by Daniel Carter Beard (multiple formats at archive.org)
The Cross of the Magi: An Unveiling of the Greatest of All the Ancient Mysteries (New York: Roger Bros.; London : L.N. Fowler, 1912), by Frank C. Higgins
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Speculum imaginum veritatis occultæ : exhibens symbola, emblemata, hieroglyphica, ænigmata, omnitam materiæ, quam formæ varietate; exemplis simul, ac præceptis illustratum / (Coloniæ Vbiorvm : Sumptibus viduæ, & hæredum Joannis Antonii Kinchii, 1681), by Jakob Masen (page images at HathiTrust)
C. F. Menestrerii ... Philosophia imaginum id est sylloge symbolorum amlissima, ... (Amstelodami & Gedani, Prostant apud Janssonio-Waesbergios, 1695), by Claude-François Menestrier (page images at HathiTrust)
Hieroglyphica, sive, De sacris Aegyptiorvm aliarvmqve gentivm literis commentarij / (Basileae : Per Thomam Gvarinvm, M. D. LXXV. [1575]), by Pierio Valeriano and Celio Augustino Curione (page images at HathiTrust)
Mondo simbolico, o sia, Vniuersita' d'imprese scelte, spiegate, ed' illustrate con sentenze ed eruditioni sacre e profane / (In Milano : Per lo stampatore archiepiscopale, ad instanza di Francesco Mognagha, M.DC.LIII. [1653 i.e. 1654]), by Filippo Picinelli, Francesco Mognagha, Andrea Bianchi, Georges Tasnière, and Giacomo Cotta (page images at HathiTrust)
Raggionamento di mons. Paolo Giovio, vescouo di Nocera, con messer Lodouico Domenichi : sopra i motti, & disegni d'arme, & d'amore, che communemente chiamano imprese. Con vn discorso di Girolamo Ruscelli intorno allo stesso soggetto. (In Milano : Appresso di Giouann' Antonio de gli Antonij, 1559), by Paolo Giovio and Girolamo Ruscelli (page images at HathiTrust)
Mondo simbolico : formato d'imprese scelte, spiegate, ed illustrate con sentenze ed eruditioni, sacre e profane : in questa impressione da mille e mille parti ampliato / (In Milano : Nella stampa di Francesco Vigone, 1669), by Filippo Picinelli, Francesco Vigone, Georges Tasnière, Giacomo Cotta, Francesco Croce, and Simone Durello (page images at HathiTrust)
Mundus symbolicus, in emblematum universitate formatus, explicatus, et tam sacris, quàm profanis eruditionibus ac sententiis illustratus : subministrans oratoribus, praedicatoribus, academicis, poetis &c. innumera conceptuum argumenta / (Coloniae Agrippinae : Sumptibus Hermanni Demen, anno 1687), by Filippo Picinelli, Hermann Demen, Johann Eckhard Löffler, and Augustin Erath (page images at HathiTrust)
Symbola heroica m. Clavdii Paradini, Belliiocensis canonici, et d. Gabrielis Symeonis : multo, quàm antea, fidelius de gallica lingua in latinam conuersa. ([Antwerp] : Ex officina Plantiniana, apud Christophorvm Raphelengivm ..., 1600), by Claude Paradin, Joannes Gubernator, and Gabriele Simeoni (page images at HathiTrust)
Istorii͡a chervonoho prapora [electronic resource] / (Vinnipeg [Winnipeg] : Nakladom Robochoho naroda, 1917), by George B. Benham (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
De symbolica Aegyptiorum sapientia : in qua symbola, parabolae, historiae selectae, quae ad omnem emblematu[m], aenigmatu[m] hieroglyphicorum cognitione[m] via[m] praesta[n]t / (Coloniae Agrippinae : Apud Ioannem Kinckium ..., anno 1623), by Nicolas Caussin and Horapollo. Hieroglyphica. Latin (page images at HathiTrust)
Polyhistor symbolicus : electorum symbolorum, & parabolarum historicarum stromata, XII. libris complectens / (Coloniae Agrippinae : Apud Ioannem Kinckium ..., anno 1623), by Nicolas Caussin (page images at HathiTrust)
Polyhistor symbolicvs : electorum symbolorum, & parabolarum historicarum stromata, XII. libris complectens / (Coloniae Agrippinae : Apud Ioannem Kinckium ..., anno 1631), by Nicolas Caussin (page images at HathiTrust)
De symbolica Aegyptiorum sapientia : in qua symbola, parabolae, historiae selectae, quae ad omnem emblematu[m], aenigmatu[m], hieroglyphicorum cognitione[m] via[m] praesta[n]t / (Coloniae Agrippinae : Apud Ioannem Kinckium ..., anno 1631), by Nicolas Caussin and Horapollo. Hieroglyphica. Latin (page images at HathiTrust)
Der Steincultus in der Schweiz. Sprachlich, mythologisch und historisch. ([Aarau, 1864]), by Ernst Ludwig Rochholz (page images at HathiTrust)
Origins of Pictish symbolism : with notes on the sun boar and a new reading of the Newton inscriptions / (Edinburgh : D. Douglas, 1893), by James Carnegie Southesk (page images at HathiTrust)
C.F. Menestrerii S.J. Philosophia imaginum, id est, Sylloge symbolorum amplissima : qua plurima regum, principum, nobilium, foeminarum illustrium, eruditorum, aliorumque virorum in Europa praestantium, quae prostant, summa diligentia sunt congesta methodoque succincta exhibita : e lingua Gallica in Latinam translata, figurisque elegantioribus ac antea ornata. (Amstelodami & Gedani [Gdańsk] : Prostant apud Janssonio-Waesbergios, 1695), by Claude-François Menestrier, Gillis Janssonius van Waesberge, and Johannes Janssonius van Waesberge (page images at HathiTrust)
Decas fabularum : humani generis sortem, mores, ingenium, varia studia, inventa atq. ... / (Argentorati : sumptibus Lazari Zetzneri, 1609), by Joannes Walch and Duke University. Library. Jantz Collection (page images at HathiTrust)
Interpretive design. (Ogden, Utah : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Intermountain Region, 1982), by United States. Forest Service. Intermountain Region (page images at HathiTrust)
De fvrtivis literarvm notis, vulgo, De ziferis libri IIII / (Neapoli : Apud Ioa. Mariam Scotum, 1563), by Giambattista della Porta (page images at HathiTrust)
De symbolica Aegyptiorum sapientia : in qua symbola, aenigmata, emblemata, parabolae historicae apologi, hieroglyphica, ex Horo Apolline, Clemente Alexand., S. Epiphanio, Symposio poeta, cum notis & obseruationibus ; itemque, Polyhistor symbolicus, et parabolarum hist. stromata libris XII complectens / (Coloniae Agrippinae : Apud Ioannem Kinckium ..., anno 1654), by Nicolas Caussin, Bernhard von Sanden, Pierio Valeriano, and Horapollo. Hieroglyphica. Latin (page images at HathiTrust)
Mundus symbolicus : in emblematum universitate formatus, explicatus, et tam sacris quàm profanis eruditionibus ac sententiis illustratus : subministrans oratoribus, praedicatoribus, academicis, poetis &c. innumera conceptuum argumenta / (Coloniae Agrippinae : Apud haeredes Thomae von Cöllen & Josephum Huisch, 1729), by Filippo Picinelli, Augustin Erath, and Haeredes Thomae von Cöllen & Josephum Huisch (page images at HathiTrust)
Les hieroglyphiques de Ian-Pierre Valerian, vulgairement nommé Pierius. Autrement, commentaires des lettres et figures sacrées des Aegyptiens & autres nations. Oeuure reduicte en cinquante huict liures, ausquels sont adjoincts deux autres (A Lyon, Par Paul Frellon, MDCXV [1615]), by Pierio Valeriano, Jacques Du Creux, Paul Frellon, Léonard Gaultier, Jean de Montlyard, and Celio Augustino Curione (page images at HathiTrust)
Nicolai Reusneri Leorini Silesii Symbolorum imperatoriorum : classis prima [-tertia]. Qua symbola continentur impp. ac Caesarum Romanorum Italicorum: à C. Julio Caesare, usque ad Constantinum Magnum. Opus philologicum et politicum, vereque regium ac imperatorium : omnibus omnium ordinum, & cum primis ciuilis sapientiae studiosis lectu futurum vtile, ac iucundum. Additus est cuilibet classi tergeminus elenchus : symbolorum scilicet, imperatorum, tum quoq[ue] rerum, & sententiarum. (Francofurti ad Moenum, : Curante Ioianne Spessio., 1588), by Nikolaus Reusner and Johann Spiess (page images at HathiTrust)
Laurentii Pignorii Symbolarum epistolicarum liber primus : in quo nonulla ex antiquitatis iuris civilis et historiae penu depromuntur & illustrantur multaque auctorum loca emendantur, & explicantur (Patavii : D. Pasquardum, & Socios, 1629), by Lorenzo Pignoria (page images at HathiTrust)
Des signes envisagés relativement a leur influence sur la formation des idées. (Paris, Baudouin, Imp. de l'Institut national, 1800), by Pierre Prevost (page images at HathiTrust)
Patents on biotechnological processes, and to authorize use by regulation the representation of "Woodsy Owl" : hearing before the Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourth Congress, first session, on H.R. 587 ... H.R. 1269 ... March 29, 1995. (Washington : U.S. G.P.O. : For sale by the U.S. G.P.O., Supt. of Docs., Congressional Sales Office, 1995), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property (page images at HathiTrust)
The Templar's chart, or, Hieroglyphic monitor : containing all the emblems and hieroglyphics explained in the valiant and magnanimous orders of Knights of the Red Cross, Knights Templars, and Knights of Malta, or Order of St. John of Jerusalem / (New Haven, Conn. : Published and sold by the author, 1821), by Jeremy L. Cross (page images at HathiTrust)
American signs and symbols [catalog of an exhibition at the Cincinnati Institute of Fine Arts, Taft Museum] December 3 through January 7, 1964. ([Cincinnati?, 1963?]), by Taft Museum (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Revised and improved edition of the telegraphic cipher code : especially adapted to the cotton trade / (New York : Shepperson Pub., c1920), by Alfred B. Shepperson (page images at HathiTrust)
The capitol & symbols of Illinois : coloring book / ([Springfield, Ill.] : Jesse White, Secretary of State, [2011]), by Illinois. Office of Secretary of State (page images at HathiTrust)
Symbola diuina & humana pontificum, imperatorum, regum / (Pragae : [s.n.], 1601-1603), by Jacob Typot, Anselmus de Boodt, Octavius Strada, Giles Sadeler, and James Balfour (page images at HathiTrust)
De symbolica Aegyptiorum sapientia, in qua symbola, parabolae, historiae selectae, quae ad omnem emblematū, aenigmatū, hieroglyphicorum cognitionē viā praestāt. (Coloniae Agrippinae. Apud Ioannem Kinckium, 1631), by Nicolas Caussin and Horapollo. Hieroglyphica. 1631 (page images at HathiTrust)
Sinnbilderkunde, oder, Anleitung zu der Darstellung in allegorischen Bildern : für angehende Zeichner, Maler, Bildhauer, Stucateurs, Graveurs, Architekten, Decorateurs und überhaupt für Künstler, welche in deutbaren Sinnbildern darstellen und verzieren wollen. (page images at HathiTrust)
The ta ki, the svastika, and the cross in America / (Philadephia, Pa. : Press of MacCalla & Co., 1889), by Daniel G. Brinton (page images at HathiTrust)
Symbole und Wappen des alten deutschen Reiches /, by Erich Gritzner (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Det saakaldte hagekors's anvendelse og betydning i oldtiden. Avec un résumé français. (Kjobenhavn, B. Lunos bogtrykkeri, 1877), by Ludvig Müller (page images at HathiTrust)
Über den Namen und das Rad der Stadt Mainz / (Mainz : L. Wilckens, 1899), by B. Schädel (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Dictionnaire des symboles, emblèmes & attributs / (Paris : Henri Laurens, [1897]), by M. P. Verneuil (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Protection of the Name and Emblem of the Red Cross : hearings before the United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Seventy-Seventh Congress, second session, on Apr. 14, 22, 23, May 26, 27, 1942. (Washington : U.S. G.P.O., 1942), by United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs (page images at HathiTrust)
Style manual / (Apple Valley : The Zoo, [1977]), by Minnesota Zoological Garden (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Das Herz des Menschen : ein Tempel Gottes oder eine Werkstätte des Satans. (Harrisburg : Gustav S. Peters, 1831), by Johannes Gossner and Philipp Friedrich Pöschel (page images at HathiTrust)
The life and adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit / (London : Chapman and Hall, 1870), by Charles Dickens (page images at HathiTrust)
Visual communication standards / ([Washington, D.C.? : The Administration], 1988-), by United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (page images at HathiTrust)
Antiquarische Streifzüge. (Halle, Waisenhaus, 1868), by Arnold Steudener (page images at HathiTrust)
Standard land use legend / ([Sacramento, Calif. : The Dept., 1962]), by California. Dept. of Water Resources (page images at HathiTrust)
Principes généraux de la symbolique des religions / (Paris : Librairie Fischbacher, 1915), by Georges Lanoë-Villène (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Origins of Pictish symbolism : with notes on the sun boar and a new reading of the Newton inscriptions / (Lampeter, Wales : Llanerch, 1999), by James Carnegie Southesk (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
El sello de Salomón (un regalo de los dises) / (Madrid : Impr. y Litografía de J. Palacios, 1907), by Rafael Urbano (page images at HathiTrust)
Les écritures secrètes dévoilés : études et problèms cryptographiques / (Paris : E. Dentu, 1874), by Charles Joliet and George Fabyan Collection (Library of Congress) DLC (page images at HathiTrust)
Deux mots et deux systèmes nouveaux en stéganologie : la chiffrocryptographie à transmutations numériques variables, ou, L'art de sécrire en secret absolu avec les chiffres : methode théorique et pratique augmentée d'un code élémentaire de phraséologies fixes à clés numériques chiffrocryptographiables ou transmissibles en mots convenus, à volonté / (Paris : Chez Tous les Libraires, 1900), by Emile Delage and George Fabyan Collection (Library of Congress) DLC (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Traité de cryptographie / (Paris : Librairie Félix Alcan, 1925), by André Lange and E. A. Soudart (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
L'Art de déchiffrer les écritures secrètes / (Paris : J. Arnous de Rivière, 1881), by Edme Simonot and George Fabyan Collection (Library of Congress) DLC (page images at HathiTrust)
Dizionario illustrato dei simboli; simboli, emblemi, attributi allegorie, immagini degli dei, ecc. (Milano, U. Hoepli, 1922), by Giuseppe Ronchetti (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Dictionary of mythology, folklore and symbols / (New York : Scarecrow Press, 1962, c1961-1962), by Gertrude Jobes (page images at HathiTrust)
Sign guidelines : for planning, design, fabrication, procurement, installation, and maintenance of signs for outdoor public use areas. ([Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, [2002]), by United States. Bureau of Reclamation (page images at HathiTrust)
My mother's prayer / (Philadelphia : Lee & Walker, 1869), by J. L. Woolsey and Wm. C. Grover (page images at HathiTrust)
Anthology of pattern / (New York : W. Helburn, 1949), by Natalie Hays Hammond (page images at HathiTrust)
Symbols : our universal language / (Wichita, Kan. : [McCormick-Armstrong], 1962), by Eva Catherine Hangen (page images at HathiTrust)
A guide to codes and signals; international flag code, secret ciphers, weather signals, Morse code, sign language, etc., with flags of all nations, (Racine, Wis., Whitman publishing company, c1942), by Gordon A. J. Petersen and Marshall McClintock (page images at HathiTrust)
Christianity and symoblism. (Philadelphia, Westminster Press, [1955]), by F. W. Dillistone (page images at HathiTrust)
Abbreviations dictionary : abbreviations, contractions, signs & symbols defined; including the Greek alphabet, international civil aircraft markings, numbered abbreviations, proofreader's marks, punctuation and diacritical marks, radio alphabet, Roman numerals, ship's bell time signals, signs and symbols / (New York : Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1958), by Ralph De Sola (page images at HathiTrust)
Specifications for world aeronautical charts scale 1:1,000,000 code WAC., by United States. Aeronautical Chart and Information Service (page images at HathiTrust)
""Star of Life" - emergency medical care symbol: background, specifications, and criteria. (1979) (page images at HathiTrust)
General development process for in-vehicle icons. (2003) (page images at HathiTrust)
Signs of life; a pictorial dictionary of symbols. (New York, A. Sivas, 1957), by Harry M. Raphaelian (page images at HathiTrust)
Diagrammatic guide signs for use on controlled access highways. Volume III. Traffic engineering evaluation of diagrammatic guide signs. Part 3. Synthesis and conclusions. Final report. (1972), by Gretchen Kolsrud (page images at HathiTrust)
Diagrammatic guide signs for use on controlled access highways. Volume III. Traffic engineering evaluation of diagrammatic guide signs. Appendixes A, B, and C to Part 2. Final report. (1972), by J. H. Sanders, M. J. Ganslaw, and Gretchen Kolsrud (page images at HathiTrust)
Perceptual factors and meanings of symbolic information elements. Volume I, executive summary. (1977), by King M. Roberts, Ernest W. Lareau, and Daniel Welch (page images at HathiTrust)
Perceptual factors and meanings of symbolic information elements. Volume II, technical report. (1977), by King M. Roberts, Ernest W. Lareau, and Daniel Welch (page images at HathiTrust)
Symbol signs 2. The development of passenger/pedestrian oriented symbols for use in transportation-related facilities. Final report. (Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1979) (page images at HathiTrust)
Emergency Medical Services - highway sign evaluation. Final report. (1980), by M. J. Smith and Anita S. Ware (page images at HathiTrust)
Age effects on symbol sign recognition. Final report. (1980), by R. Wade Allen, Zareh Parseghian, and P. G. Van Valkenburgh (page images at HathiTrust)
Alternative sign sequences for work zones on rural highways. Executive summary. Final report. (1981), by R. W. Lyles (page images at HathiTrust)
Symbolic sign for oversized-truck route signs. Final report. (1984), by J. Walker, Elizabeth Alicandri, and K. Roberts (page images at HathiTrust)
An evaluation of candidate symbolic routing signs for trucks carrying hazardous cargo. Final report. (1985), by J. Walker, Elizabeth Alicandri, and K. Roberts (page images at HathiTrust)
Motorists' comprehension of regulatory, warning, and symbol signs. Volume I: executive summary. Final report. (1987), by Richard L. Knoblauch and Martin Pietrucha (page images at HathiTrust)
Ramp signing for trucks. Final report. (1993), by Richard L. Knoblauch and Marsha Nitzburg (page images at HathiTrust)
Recommendations to improve driver education on traffic control devices. (1999), by Dale L. Picha, Garry L. Ford, and Angelia H. Parham (page images at HathiTrust)
Driver behavior characteristics of teenage drivers and older drivers. (1999), by Angelia H. Parham and Garry L. Ford (page images at HathiTrust)
In-vehicle display icons and other information elements: literature review. (Federal Highway Administration, McLean, Va., 1998), by Cher Carney, John L. Campbell, and Elizabeth A. Mitchell (page images at HathiTrust)
Updating educational materials on traffic control devices. (2000), by Angelia H. Parham, Garry L. Ford, and S. Renee Hulett (page images at HathiTrust)
In-vehicle display icons and other information elements: volume 1: final in-vehicle symbol guidelines. (2004), by John L. Campbell, J. B. Richman, Cher Carney, and J. D. Lee (page images at HathiTrust)
Sign guidelines : for planning, designing, fabricating, procuring, installing, and maintaining signs for outdoor public use areas. ([Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, [2006]), by United States. Bureau of Reclamation (page images at HathiTrust)
Ancient faiths embodied in ancient names, or, An attempt to trace the religious belief, sacred rites, and holy emblems of certain nations : by an interpretation of the names given to children by priestly authority, or assumed by prophets, kings, and hierarchs / (London : Trübner, 1872-1873), by Thomas Inman (page images at HathiTrust)
Comparison of four methods of encoding elevation information with complex line-inclination symbols /, by David B. Learner, Earl A. Allusi, sponsor United States. Air Force. Air Research and Development Command, issuing body Wright Air Development Center, and sponsor Ohio State University. Research Foundation (page images at HathiTrust)
Standardization of symbols and units for environmental research /, by W. C. Kaufman and sponsor Aerospace Medical Research Laboratories (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
La Cryptographie, ou, l'art d'écrire en chiffres (in French), by P. L. Jacob (Gutenberg ebook)

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