A satirical coat of arms, engraved heraldically, with cards, dice, Earls coronet (Lord Darlington) shaking a dice-box. The arms are encircled by a claret bottle ticker, by way of order. Designed by Horace Walpole and friends (Dick Edgecumbe, and George Selwyn among others).
Alternative Title:
Cog it amor nummi
Description:
Caption title from motto engraved in the banner., Sheet trimmed within plate mark to form an octagon., Date from British Museum catalogue., The Lewis Walpole Library: Formerly shelved as part of the SH Contents collection., Mounted on page 62 of Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 12., 1 print : engraving on laid paper, hand-colored ; sheet 11.3 x 13.3 mm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England, London., and London
Subject (Name):
White's Club (London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Clubs, Men, Societies and clubs, Playing cards, and Coats of arms
A satirical coat of arms, engraved heraldically, with cards, dice, Earls coronet (Lord Darlington) shaking a dice-box. The arms are encircled by a claret bottle ticker, by way of order. Designed by Horace Walpole and friends (Dick Edgecumbe, and George Selwyn among others).
Alternative Title:
Cog it amor nummi
Description:
Caption title from motto engraved in the banner., Sheet trimmed within plate mark to form an octagon., Date from British Museum catalogue., The Lewis Walpole Library: Formerly shelved as part of the SH Contents collection., Mounted on page 66 of William Bawtree's extra-illustrated copy of Horace Walpole's: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See A.T. Hazen's Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 11., 1 print : engraving on laid paper ; sheet 10.3 x 10.5 cm., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England, London., and London
Subject (Name):
White's Club (London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Clubs, Men, Societies and clubs, Playing cards, and Coats of arms
Cordiform projection., From: "Claudii Ptholemaei Alexandrini liber geographiae cum tabulis...", From: Clavdii Ptholemaei Alexandrini Liber geographiae cvm tabvlis...1511., Lanman collection; dgvmp2008., Map is printed in two colors, red and black., Outer map border shows decorative windheads and zodiacal signs., The author's name is often given as Bernard Sylvanus (see Shirley entry 32, plate 35) or Bernardus Sylvanus., and Title supplied by cataloger.
Publisher:
Per Iacobum Pentium de Leucho,
Subject (Name):
Pencio, Jacopo, active 1486-1530 and Ptolemy, active 2nd century. Geographia
Cordiform projection., From Claudii Ptholemaei Alexandrini Liber geographiae cum tabulis ... [Venice : Jacopo Pencio, 1511]., Lanman Collection; dgvmp2008., Left side of the map indicates climates; right side shows zodiacal signs., Map is known as the Bernardus Sylvanus world map., Map is printed in two colors, red and black., Silvani does not show any part of the new world on this map., The verso of the right part of map is showing the western part of the British Isles., and Title supplied by cataloger.
Publisher:
Jacopo Pencio,
Subject (Name):
Gastaldi, Giacomo, ca. 1500-ca. 1565, Pencio, Jacopo, fl. 1486-1530, and Ptolemy, active 2nd century. Geographia
Appears in Mercator's Galliae tabula geographicae ... [Duisburg ca.1595]., Latin text on verso., Page number on verso "163-164"., Relief shown pictorially., Sheet measures 45.5 x 56.2 cm., and Title supplied by Koeman.
Publisher:
Gerardum Mercatorem,
Subject (Geographic):
Basel (Switzerland : Canton)--Maps--Early works to 1800, Switzerland--Maps--Early works to 1800, and Zurich (Switzerland : Canton)--Maps--Early works to 1800
Manuscript fragment on parchment of an unidentified text.
Description:
Decoration: alternating red and blue initials., Script: written in a late pregothic script., and These fragments, which appear to be from the same manuscript, are contained in Zi 6058 (Francesco Filelfo, Vita di S. Giovanni Battista), in which the fragments are used as front and back end papers and pastedowns.
Subject (Topic):
Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven., Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library., and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library.
Manuscript fragment on parchment of an unidentified text.
Description:
Decoration: blue and red penwork is partially visible at the end of the fragment, possibly representing decoration of an initial., In Latin., Script: written in an unidentified script., and This fragment is contained in Zi 6309 (Dante, Convivio), in which it is used as a back spine support.
Subject (Topic):
Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven, Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library, and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
