Merk, motto, wapen, etc."Framed device of a boy seated on a dolphin, encircled by a snake swallowing its tail. The motto Immortality is gotten by the study of letters. Below, an oval containing the monogram of WILLIAM and the sun, standing for the name of William Williamson, printer 1571-74. Within the oval is also the date 1573. (α) With monogram as figured. (β) With monogram, but legend and date voided. Passed to John Legate (I or II) at an unknown date. (γ) Sun alone in oval, no legend nor monogram." – Drukkersmerk[McKerrow Device No. 166]Image; Description
Merk, motto, wapen, etc.A two-tailed mermaid blowing two horns. Probably passed to John Legate II in 1620. – Drukkersmerk[McKerrow Device No. 259]Image; Description
Merk, motto, wapen, etc.Device of a crowned shield bearing the letters S. P. Q. R. Beside the shield St. Peter and St. Paul. – Drukkersmerk[McKerrow Device No. 276]Image; Description
Merk, motto, wapen, etc.Oval device of a woman with the sun in one hand and in the other a cup, into which drops of liquid are falling from the clouds; with Alma mater Cantabrigia and the motto, Hinc lucem et pocula sacra. Probably taken by John Legate the elder to London in 1610, but apparently not used by him there. Passed to John Legate II in 1620. – Drukkersmerk[McKerrow Device No. 325]Image; Description
Merk, motto, wapen, etc.Oval device of a woman with the sun in one hand and a cup in the other, etc., as No. 325. Probably taken by John Legate the elder to London in 1610. ? Passed to John Legate II in 1620. – Drukkersmerk[McKerrow Device No. 326]Image; Description
Merk, motto, wapen, etc.Oval device of a woman with the sun in one hand and a cup in the other, etc., as No. 325. Probably taken to London by John Legate the elder in 1610. Passed to John Legate II in 1620. – Drukkersmerk[McKerrow Device No. 329]Image; Description
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