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Owner: Perkins, Frederick ( 1780 - 1860)

Description: Gilt-tooled armorial binding with coat of arms of Frederick Perkins. Coat of arms: two chevrons between three escallops. On top: a unicorn's head comes out of a ducal coronet.

Source: Dante Alighieri, La Commedia (Comm: Christophorus Landinus). Add: Marsilius Ficinus: Ad Dantem gratulatio [Latin & Italian], Florence Nicolaus Laurentii, Alamanus 30 Aug. 1481

Institution: Library of Congress, Rare Book Division Shelfmark: Incun. 1481 .D3 Location: Front cover

Century: 19th , 18th

Type: Binding Technique: Gold

Height: 5,3 cm Width: 3,4 cm

Notes: For the coat of arms, see: https://armorial.bibsoc.org.uk/stamp-owners/PER015.html Identified by carduus23@gmail.com

ICONCLASS

49L27 mark of ownership

49M51 book-cover, binding

46A122(...)1 armorial bearing, heraldry (with NAME of family) - coat of arms

48AA9853 scallop, shell ~ ornament - AA - stylized

25FF241 unicorn

See: https://data.cerl.org/mei/02141490

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Last Edited: 2026/01/02 15:37:04

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2025-12-30 14:20:17 carduus23@gmail.com

These are the arms of Frederick Perkins; see https://data.cerl.org/owners/00018831