Rariora; being notes of some of the printed books, manuscripts, historical documents, medals, engravings, pottery, etc., collected (1858-1900) (1902)
Hodgkin, John Eliot · London : S. Low, Marston & Co., ltd. · leaf 260
s and for the cases of rockets. The twelfth, the central platform, bears two large obeliskswreathed with laurels, a crown, the cypher of James and Mary and VIVAT REX; the platform to theleft supports a female figure, wreath in right hand, and a small wreatiied obelisk to left, with… … FACSIMILE (full SIZE) OF AN ENGRAVING OF A FIREWORK DISPLAY AT PARISIN CELEBRATION OF THE BIRTH OF THE OLD PRETENDER (1688). BIRTH OF THE OLD PRETENDER. 57 her motto is, FAUSTA FECUNDITAS, and the childs PROPAGO IMPERII. The thirteenthplatform, nearest the spectator, hears a coffer on which sits an…
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