Pierre L'ESTOURMYLivre Rare Book
ARMORIAL ALBUMBiblio.com
Late-Victorian example with hundreds of mounted specimens.
1880190753c.1880-1920. An attractive example of this 19th- and early 20th-century popular pastime containing many finely printed armorials associated with the royal family the cream of the British peerage and the Shah of Iran and other international royals as well as guilds the Royal Navy the British Army and civic institutions. Included are badges of dozens of ships and military formations alongside samples connected to European hotels the War Office and the Metropolitan Police. The emblem of the Ypres League formed in 1920 for First World War veterans is among the latest. Quarto. With hundreds of clipped coats of arms monograms devices and other insignia laid onto recto of 26 pre-printed leaves and rear blank; neat manuscript captions. Printed title page. Original green sheep Marcus Ward & Co. album spine boards board edges turn-ins and edges gilt white moiré-pattern linen on inner covers and backing first and final blank. Bookplate of bookseller and antiquarian Robin de Beaumont 1926-2023. Light wear a few leaves a little loose at gutter but volume still sturdy and easily handled finger-soiling: very good. hardcover
Peter Harrington · Royaume-Uni975,00 £GB≈ 1 113,25 €