Old picture books; with other essays on bookish subjects (1902)
Pollard, Alfred W. (Alfred William), 1859-1944, Pollard, Alice · London : Methuen and co. · leaf 261
ELIZABETHAN PORTRAIT-STAMP 248 OLD PICTURE BOOKS binding which entered the Museum with the old RoyalLibrary. In the present collection a little Lyons Virgilprinted by Gryphius in 1571, though with a decorativeinstead of an heraldic stamp, bears the initals, W.P., ofan English owner, a book-plate of… … ARMS OK LORD KURI.EIGH Robert James L^ Petre, Thorndon in Essex, combinedwith a manuscipt note, dated 1589, enabling us to identifiyW. P. with William Petre the second Baron (1575-1607).The note, apparently written when Petre was fourteenyears old, records that the book was acquired by exchangewith…
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