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This is fantastic. I love the detailed look at printing technology. Two stamps you’ve highlighted above are old favorites which we’ve identified here at Penn. The one above on PQ8545. P5 1596 is from the Servite Order in Bologna, Italy – Convento di S. Maria dei Servi di Bologna (Conventus Fratrum Servorum Bononia): https://www.flickr.com/photos/58558794@N07/5812300154
GV 1442 S2 P7 1634 is from the Boncompagni family library. https://www.flickr.com/photos/58558794@N07/5435043052
Another mystery solved – those lions look odd because they are. They’re heraldically described as lions with the head of “un chien braque” and that turns out to be a particular breed of local hunting dog – a Weimaraner!
Thank you all for your comments and thank you Mitch and Angela for solving the mystery of some of these stamps. The Provenance Online Project at Penn (https://provenanceonlineproject.wordpress.com/) is a useful tool to identify stamps and bookplates of book owners. CERL is another good source mainly for owners of incunabula (but these collectors obviously collected other types of material): https://www.cerl.org/resources/provenance/main
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This is fantastic. I love the detailed look at printing technology. Two stamps you’ve highlighted above are old favorites which we’ve identified here at Penn. The one above on PQ8545. P5 1596 is from the Servite Order in Bologna, Italy – Convento di S. Maria dei Servi di Bologna (Conventus Fratrum Servorum Bononia): https://www.flickr.com/photos/58558794@N07/5812300154
GV 1442 S2 P7 1634 is from the Boncompagni family library. https://www.flickr.com/photos/58558794@N07/5435043052
Mitch Fraas — September 4, 2019
Another mystery solved – those lions look odd because they are. They’re heraldically described as lions with the head of “un chien braque” and that turns out to be a particular breed of local hunting dog – a Weimaraner!
Angela Cockburn — September 4, 2019
Fascinating plethora of examples. You’re breaking new ground.
Stephen Grant — September 4, 2019
Sorry to be pedantic, but ‘Ochsen’ isn’t German for bull, it’s German for… oxen!
Elisabeth Chaghafi — September 5, 2019
Thank you all for your comments and thank you Mitch and Angela for solving the mystery of some of these stamps. The Provenance Online Project at Penn (https://provenanceonlineproject.wordpress.com/) is a useful tool to identify stamps and bookplates of book owners. CERL is another good source mainly for owners of incunabula (but these collectors obviously collected other types of material): https://www.cerl.org/resources/provenance/main
Caroline Duroselle-Melish — September 6, 2019