ARMORIAL SHIELDS. An unusual collection of 13 engraved plates, identical, unnumbered, and each with twelve blank ‘shields’ for the owner to create their own armorial. The shields are set within a decorative framework, and the first five have been completed in pen and ink by an early owner. The families are Poulle, Rademaker, Edinge, Dugardin and de Buure. In very good clean condition, and bound in late 19th century linen backed marbled boards. The plates do not have any note of engraver or printer. 300mm x 258mm. Dutch? c1790. ~ Origin and dating of the paper is possible on the basis of the watermark "I Villedary" with a Fleur de Lys. This watermark belongs to the well-known French paper maker Jean Villedary who in the middle of the 18th century was employed in France and in Angouleme whose paper was exported to Holland. From 1758 Villedary also had a paper mill in Hattem in Overijssel where he paper produced for the Dutch market.