This is one of a number of fabulous antique crests, armorial bearings, embossed heraldic arms and monograms from the Edward Law collection. I have bought over 50 albums now from this gentleman's collection, and some album's are just FULL with a lifetimes work of cutting off letterheads and the backs of envelopes and business cards to be painstakingly glued into these albums for you all to see now. Ideal for the collector today as quite a number of them have the Surnames or the various Royal families then down the peerage to Earls - Lords - Ladies - Viscounts - Dukes families they belonged to written below. As well as Societies, Masonic Lodges, Military Regiments, Boating Clubs and all manner of other obscure interesting things. They are fascinating to look through by anyone actually. There are a number of foreign albums too which may be of interest to the collector as well.
Great for the LIVERY button collector as well as many of these are similar to the buttons found with simply the Livery Crest and or the Latin Motto.
Most albums I have photographed every page so you can see what there is.
I have added 45 large photos to the bottom of this listing so please take the time to view them all carefully.
This album is about half filled, the pages at the back are completely empty.
Most of the crests have been hand annotated.
This is a French album and is named Armes, Chiffres et Monogrammes by Arthur Maury, Paris.
Majority have hand written names and surnames below. You could keep on filling this fabulous album on the empty pages at the back.
Please see photographs provided for more details and visual confirmation of condition for yourself (as mentioned, I have added 45 large photos to the bottom of this listing).
There are some signs of age and use wear, mostly on the spine and album corners and edges.
The spine is split inside at the back page and at around the centre page.
There are some foxing marks on the pages.
The album measures approx. 9 and 3/4 inches x 6 and 1/2 inches.
Luckily for me, the collector has hand numbered the pages with crests on up to 36 in the top corners. The rest of the pages are not numbered.
My stock ref : #T280/100323/ Ex. Edward Laws Collection Crests albums bookshelf.
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Scale is usually an English 1 penny coin which is 20mm in diameter which is just short of 7/8ths of an inch in diameter, or a universal Coke can, and we all know how big those are.
If you see A/F = a/f in the title or description it means "as found" condition which may have scuffs, scratches and damage. In relation to all my listings it does not mean " about fine ". I have used A/F for " as found " for 45 years.