Editorial'The dog depicted on this English, brown calf binding is described in heraldic terms as a 'talbot passant.' It is the badge of Elizabeth Grey (née Lady Elizabeth Talbot), Countess of Kent (1582-1651), the first lady of the bedchamber to Queen Elizabet...
EditorialInitial page, letter 'T'. An illuminated border to the first page of text. Vergilius. [Edited by A.P. Manutius.] on vellum. The first book printed in the italic types invented by Francesco de Bologna. Didbus Aldi Romani: Venetiis. 1501. Source: C.19.f....
EditorialOne man holding out a branch with foliage, facing three other men. With the arms of the family of Mocenigo on an illuminated leaf inserted between the 1st and 2nd leaves.The man depicted holding the plant may be Quintus Gargilius Martialis, a third-cen...
Editorial'The dog depicted on this English, brown calf binding is described in heraldic terms as a 'talbot passant.' It is the badge of Elizabeth Grey (née Lady Elizabeth Talbot), Countess of Kent (1582-1651), the first lady of the bedchamber to Queen Elizabet...