[HERALDIAN]. Album of monograms, numbers,... - Lot 25 - Ader

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[HERALDIAN]. Album of monograms, numbers,... - Lot 25 - Ader
[HERALDIAN]. Album of monograms, numbers, coats of arms. In French, watercolor drawings with engraved coats of arms and numerals pasted into the compositions. France, 19th century. 49 watercolor drawings on paper, mounted on tabs, figures and coats of arms forming the compositions most often engraved and pasted to compose the drawings and compositions that enhance the drawings, identifications of coats of arms and figures in brown ink placed opposite the watercolors . Bound in black half-percaline with corners, smooth mute spine, boards covered with marbled paper, label of paper maker E. Picart, 14, rue du Bac, Paris (binding damaged, corners dulled, paper missing from boards; interior very fresh). Dimensions large oblong : 530 x 342 mmBeautiful album with watercolored compositions, some of them very original, linking monograms and coats of arms (frequently seen on headed papers) to various drawings . We do not know which engraver or heraldist could have made this album. Some characters whose figures, monograms or coats of arms appear on the facing composition are identified in ink, including many women of the nobility. One will quote names such as: Countess of Caraman; Countess of Vibraye; Princess of Lucinge; Princess of Sagan; Monseigneur de Marguerie; Duchess of Castries; Countess of Croix; Marquis of Nicolay and many others. Some figures and coats of arms are not identified. One has the impression that they are compositions and lists of a heraldist merchant or an engraver, not necessarily for promotional purposes, more to testify of a know-how.
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