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Description: A cutout from a bookplate. Initials S & M T. Three lions rampant regardant. The oval field is azure, the lozenge vert. This partial plate appears in an early edition of Hoyle consisting of five works (1744-1747) bound together in cheap calf. No other indications of ownership or reading.

Transcription: S & M T

Source: Edmond Hoyle, Five treatises on games , Printed for Thomas Osborne

Institution: unknown Shelfmark: n/a Location: Front pastedown

Century: 18th Exact Date: 1744-1747

Type: Ex-Libris Technique: Unidentified

Notes: See for more information: https://edmondhoyle.blogspot.com/2020/11/2020-year-in-collecting.html. Courtesy of Anthony Pincott.

ICONCLASS

49M8 ex-libris

46A122 armorial bearing, heraldry

25F23(LION) beasts of prey, predatory animals: lion

See: http://booksongaming.com/hoyle/bibliography/books/osborne.d.xml

Last Edited: 2024/08/05 12:51:55

Uploaded by:David Levy

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2020-10-05 00:28:33.510037 dmlevy.sf@gmail.com

I have learned that the bookplate and arms are of a Tyson family from Tottenham North London. The plate is listed in the Couch collection at the Society of Antiquaries. It is still an open question which Tyson...