Siebmachers Wappenbuch

Founded and compiled by Johann Ambrosius Siebmacher (1561 – 23 March 1611), a German heraldic artist, copperplate engraver, etcher and publisher from Nuremberg, these works became an important source of heraldry of the German-speaking regions.

The Alter Siebmacher was compiled 1605–1608, and represents the contemporary heraldry during the final two centuries of the Holy Roman Empire.

His work was continued to six volumes with additional supplements by Paul Fürst, Wolfgang Gottlieb Fürst, Rudolf Johann Helmers, Christoph Weigel the Elder and Gabriel Nikolaus Raspe.

The Neuer Siebmacher, Siebmachers großes und allgemeines Wappenbuch was compiled 1854–1967 by Adolf Matthias Hildebrandt, Maximilian Gritzner, and Gustav A Seyler.

Later Ottfried Neubecker had published all burgher arms of the New Siebmacher without the text as a sort of illustrated glossary organized by the heraldic charges.