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 exactly what is in the album.
I have added 64 large photos to the bottom of this listing so please take the time to view them all carefully.
A very nice album called The Lincoln Crests & Monogram Album from William Lincoln, London.
This is a 4th edition.
It has a sticker in the front which says EDWARD LAW'S CREST COLLECTION Album 058.
This album is almost full with a few blank spaces inside from what I can see.
The name Richard Hilditch Williams has been written in the front and dated October 1904, so it was his book and he has collected all these originally.
The TREES are rather interesting which I do not think I have seen these before. .
Please see photographs provided for more details and visual confirmation of condition for yourself.
There are some signs of age and use wear, mostly on the outer corners and edges.
The spine is split inside in a couple of places.
The album measures approx. 8 and 1/2 inches x 6 and 3/4 inches and luckily for me, the collector has hand numbered the pages inside up to number 48.
There are quite a few pages in the back full of advertisements and information that are not numbered.