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Brassington, William Salt, 1859-1939, Bodleian Library · London : Sampson Low, Marston and Co. · leaf 180
n. x 4 in., are beautifully stamped. The outerborder, 1 in. wide, is a marvel of tooling, roses and thistles alternatein each bend of a flowing ribbon ornament, and at the corners thefleur-de-lys, rose, thistle, and harp, each ensigned by a crown,complete the design. The field surrounding the arms… … oc BINDING FROM THE LIBRARY OF KING JAMES I. Brown calf, stamped and gilt. Plate XXI. PLATE XXI. 51 Another beautiful Jacobean binding covers the volume of theworks of James I. edited by Bishop Montague, and printed byRobert Barker and John Bill at London in 1616. It was presentedto the Bodleian by…
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