Binding stamp of John Maitland, Earl of Lauderdale (d. 1644/5)

Gold-stamped crest of John Maitland, first Earl of Lauderdale, from Pierre Grégoire’s Syntagma iuris uniuersi, atque legum pene omnium gentium, et rerum publicarum praecipuarum, in tres partes digestum (1611).

Bequest of Humphrey Gower.