Old picture books; with other essays on bookish subjects (1902)
Pollard, Alfred W. (Alfred William), 1859-1944, Pollard, Alice · London : Methuen and co. · leaf 269
audshandwriting) informs us that the book was presented byy^ author to S Jo. Bramston, Ch[ief] Ju[stice] of theK[ings] B[ench], a book-plate of one of whose descen- 2s6 OLD PICTURE BOOKS dants, Thomas Bramston, Esq., of Skreens, is found inthe volume. In the same way, in the next century, wefind… … ARMS OF SIR KENELM DIGBV AND VENETIA STANLEY, HIS WIFE pen, with the motto Placidam sub libertate quietem.There is no special reason to suppose that either Arch-bishop Laud or Hollis intended these volumes originallyfor their libraries, and after having had them bound withthat intention…
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