A coat of arms divided in half by a chevron and featuring three crosses. At the helm is a knight's helmet, surrounded by mantling. At the crest is the bust of a man. Beneath the shield is the motto Fortes Adjuvat Ipse Deus.
Subject (Name):
Davenport, Kenneth, 1913-
Subject (Topic):
Armorial, Armorial bookplates, Helmet, Physicians, Portraits, Shield, Shields, and Sword
Kormáks saga. Latin & Icelandic and Kormaki Oegmundi filii vita
Description:
BEIN 1996 320: Bookplate: From the library of William Morris, Kelmscott House, Hammersmith., Added t.p., with vignette., Text and translation on opposite pages., Translated and edited by Þorgeir Guðmundsson., "Annotatioes chorographicae, auctore Gunnare Pauli": p. [252]., "Fragmenta carmium Kormaki Oegmundi filii ... in opere vetusto, Skálda dicto, nobis servata": p. [253]-287. Edited by Finn Magnússon., and "Errata" on p. [1] at end.
Publisher:
Sumtibus Legati Magnaeani ex typographeo H. H. Thiele
Africa accuraté in imperia, regna, status & populos divisa, ad usum serenissimi Bourgundiae Ducis.
Description:
"Avec privil[ège].", Appeared in various eds. of Cóvens et Mortier's Atlas noveau; cf. Koeman, C. Atlantes Neerlandici, Coverage includes the eastern coast of Brazil., II, C & M 3 and 4., Includes four bar scales., and Relief shown pictorially.
LWL 49 2091: Notes by Autonius Thysices. and Original vellum, rebacked. Bookplate 1. Press-mark L.5.6. Name on fly-leaf: 'J. Knight.' With a half-length pencil sketch of a man, possibly by Horace Walpole, drawn inside back cover.
Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, approximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D., author
Published / Created:
Mcccclxxxxiii die xviii Iulii [18 July 1493]
Call Number:
2017 +316
Image Count:
320
Alternative Title:
Works. 1493 and Tragoediae
Description:
BEIN 2017 +316: Capitals supplied in red or blue. Manuscript note on free back endpaper: Collated complete pp. B. Quaritch Ltd. [undeciphered initials]., BEIN 2017 +316: Provenance: 1. Antonio Pillone, 2. Odorico Pillone, 3. Venetian dealer Paolo Maresio Bazolle purchased from the Pillone family in 1874 and sold to 4. Sir Thomas Brooke (armorial bookplate) sold by his heirs in 1957 to 5. Pierre Berès (Bookplate: Libro no [in manuscript: 55] de la Bibliothèque Pillone, Pierre Berès), 6. Helmut Friedlaender (bookplate "HNF"; sale Christie's NY, 23 April 2001, lot 117). Acquired by the Beinecke Library from Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller Inc., BEIN 2017 +316: Binding: Contemporary blind-tooled brown goatskin over thin wooden boards, bound for Antonio Pillone by Hobson's Belluno Binder A. Sides panelled within triple fillets, outer and central compartments adorned with widely spaced small 4- and 5-petalled rosette tools, two inner borders composed respectively of a repeated blossom and leaf tool and leafy tool (see Hobson tools 1, 2, 7 and 11). Spine with two double raised bands tooled with intersecting triple fillets, 4 (of 10) brass bosses, 1 (of 2) clasps and 2 catches. Fore-edge painting by Cesare Vecellio of Seneca with abbreviated name and title ("SEN T") at bottom., BEIN Zi +4994: For fuller description see collation leaf in volume. Manuscript marginal notes. Worm-eaten, with some damage to text. Bound in old limp vellum, with flap, oriental style, and leather strap; part of the strap, presumably with buckle, missing. Manuscript notes: fol. 2a: "Es dela Libr1. de S. Miguel de los Reyes."; fol. 1a: "This book was given to me by Dr. Pedro Perez the antiquarian of Valencia May 8th 1844. Q. Ayshford Sanford." Dr. Perez's visiting card pasted on fol. 1a. 31 cm., Title from caption of text on leaf I (a1); imprint from colophon., Commentaries by Gellio Bernardino Marmitta and Daniel Caietanus., Signatures: A⁴ a-b⁸ c-z⁶ &⁴ (A1 blank)., and Woodcut initials, also capital-spaces with guide-letters.
"Cum Priuilegio.", First appears in Ortelius's Theatrum orbis terrarum [Amsterdam, 1584]. Reprinted in later editions through ca. 1640. Appears together with map "Guastecan reg.", and Latin, Spanish.
Subject (Geographic):
Gulf Coast (U.S.)--Maps--Early works to 1800
Subject (Name):
Chaves, Geronimo, 1523-1574 and Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598. Guastecan reg
