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The hand book of mediaeval alphabets and devices (1853)

Shaw, Henry, 1800-1873, Chiswick Press · London, B. Quaritch · leaf 14

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LIST OF THE PLATES. 27. Miscellaneous Letters from early printed Books and Drawings. The Monogram is from a design by Holbein, in the British Museum. Grotesque Letters, from early printed Books. 28. From a Drawing in the British Museum, and Facsimiles of early Engravings on 29. Wood. From Italian… … (Girolomo da i Libri). It contains beautiful miniature portraits of Francesco Sforza, and Ludovico Sforza, surnamed II Moro. The remaining ornaments consist of the arms and devices of the Sforza family, and groups of children in the best style of the Venetian school. The portions of the letters…

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