Bibliothek für Kunst- und Antiquitätensammler: Siegel
A 1918 German reference volume titled Bibliothek für Kunst- und Antiquitätensammler, with its Siegel (seals) section compiled for art and antiques collectors, edited by Egon Berchem and held by Heidelberg University Library. The pictures are photographs of medieval and early modern wax and metal seal impressions, mostly round, with legends in ring-shaped lettering around the rim. Designers could draw on their heraldic devices, such as castles, lilies, crowns, and stylised figures, and on the circular lettering framing each composition.
