PRINTER'S DEVICE
GYMNICUS FAMILY
(Printers, of Cologne)
Fine woodcut device, showing a monstrous horse with fish's tail,
carrying a pillar on which stands a crane with a snake in its beak, all encircled by the motto 'Discite Iustitiam Moniti' ('Be warned, learn justice', Vergil Aeneid 6:620), in the upper corners are two unicorns, in the lower are female figures, one with a cross, the other with a flaming heart, merchant's mark without initials, 3½" x 3½" (8.9cm x 8.7cm), no date, c.
tiny defect in bottom blank margin
Item Date:
1580
Stock No:
50793
£40
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PRINTER'S DEVICE
GYMNICUS FAMILY
(Printers, of Cologne)
Fine woodcut device, showing a monstrous horse with fish's tail,
carrying a pillar, on which stands a crane with a snake in its beak, all encircled by the motto 'Discite Iustitiam Moniti' ('Be warned, learn justice', Vergil Aeneid 6:620), in the upper corners are two unicorns, in the lower are female figures, one with a cross, the other with a flaming heart, merchant's mark without initials, 3½" x 3½" (8.9cm x 8.7cm), no date, c.
Item Date:
1580
Stock No:
50794
£30
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HAINES
(Charles, Inspector, Shropshire Constabulary)
Autograph Letter Signed to Alfred Ellis, 1821-1879,
second son of John Ellis (Chairman of the Midland Railway), of Belgrave, Leicestershire, saying he has obtained "some of the Acorns from the Famous Shelton Oak ... they were gathered in my Presence and I can assure you they are highly prized", he will forward them "on receipt of yours as proposed", woodblock arms of the Shropshire Constabulary, 1 side 4to., County Constabulary Office, Shrewsbury, 28th October
Item Date:
1858
Stock No:
14991
£20
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HAMILTON
(Lady Maud Caroline, née Lascelles, married in 1871 Lord George Hamilton, 3rd son of the 2nd Marquis (1st Duke) of Abercorn)
Autograph Letter Signed to Miss Elliott,
sending "a fresh consignment of autographs ... I have written all the names on the backs ... Shall I continue to collect for you?", 1 side 8vo, Admiralty-embossed paper, 17th February
Item Date:
1891
Stock No:
17346
£15
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HAMILTON
(James, 1814-1867, Minister of the National Scotch Church, Regent Square, London, Writer and Editor)
Autograph Letter Signed to the Revd. Edwin PAXTON HOOD,
(1820-1885, Congregationalist Minister and Writer), saying "such an exchange would have been most agreeable ... But ... I fear I cannot. I have to be at Liverpool on Sunday the 21st, & out of my own pulpit the 2nd Sunday of May, so that I must not be absent the two Sabbaths intervening ... I am now trying to recover the lost reputation of a keeper at home", 2 sides 8vo., 48 Euston Square, N.W., 10th April
a little worn without loss
Item Date:
1861
Stock No:
55927
£125
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