As cataloguer of the Eliot-Phelips Collection, I am currently dealing with
a copy of La Cintia de Aranjuez...Por...Gabriel del Corral (Madrid, a costa
de Antonio Perez, 1629). The title-page has a round (?19th-century)
ownership stamp, which incorporates a sort of shield with five stars and
the words: Bibl.Fonsec. Ara[?] Co[?]. Lit[?]. The collection also contains
a copy of El subtil cordoves Pedro de Urdemales...Autor Alonso Geronimo de
Salas Barbadillo (Madrid: Juan de la Cuesta, 1620). This also has a stamp,
consisting of a crowned laurel wreath within which are the initials:
S.D.S.Y.D.A.
Can anyone throw any light on these two ownership stamps?
Pat Noble
Project Officer, Eliot-Phelips Collection
University of London Library
London WC1E 7HU