A coat of arms featuring a large lion. A diagonal band placed over the lion divides the plate in half. At the top of the crest is a second lion rising above a crown. Below on a banner reads the motto Siempre Fiel.
Subject (Name):
Churchill, J. F.
Subject (Topic):
Armorial, Armorial bookplates., Crown, Lion, Nature, Physicians, Shield, and Shields
A coat of arms featuring a bend with three ringlets upon it. In the upper right-hand corner is a fret; in the lower left-hand corner, a crosslet-styled cross. The background is its own repeating decoration of decorated squares. At the helm, surrounded by mantling that cloaks the entire shield, is a knight's helmet with a torse on top. At the crest is a lion, with the initials "SS" beneath his rear right leg; two ringlets near his left shoulder and upper abdomen, and a fret between his two front paws. At the left is the motto Credo Christi Cruce.
Subject (Name):
Howard, Arthur Dashwood
Subject (Topic):
Armorial bookplates,, Helmet, Lion, Physicians, and Shield
Le courtisan grotesque / Adrian de Monluc dit comte de Cramail ; [eaux-fortes de] Miro
Image Count:
6
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Abstract:
The text is a short satirical treatise by a little-known aristocrat and amateur bellettrist of considerable charm, whose ascendancy under Louis XIII was cut short when Richelieu had him arrested in 1635 and thrown into the Bastille, where he languished un
Description:
Comprised of 34 sheets folded to form 68 leaves, of which 4 of the sheets are blank. Each 4-leaf gathering consists of a sheet bearing text and another bearing illustrations. Sheets bearing text are numbered [1], 2, [3], 4-14, [15]; those bearing illustra