Re: Help with identification, please

[Boris <plazabks@SONIC.NET>]

Pia,

	My guess is that the woodcut is of the good Samaritan, and the  
"facsimile" means simply "do thou likewise."

Boris

On Oct 19, 2006, at 12:27 PM, Pia Oliver wrote:

> We are trying to find out whatever we can about the following:
>
> 'The illustrious and renowned history of the seven famous champions  
> of Christendom. In three parts.'  L: For L. Hawes, and Comp.; C.  
> and R. Ware; and S. Crowder, 1766. 12mo. 156pp.
> ESTC N16797. [Harvard; UCLA]
>
> Cataloguing it, it was discovered, at the base of B11r (p.45), a  
> small circular woodcut with the word 'FACSIMILE' in it see image  
> here <http://www.RandallHouseRareBooks.com/facsimile.jpg>
>
> The leaf absolutely matches the rest of the book. We have never  
> seen this woodcut or anything similar and would very much like to  
> solve the mystery.
>
> tia
>
> Pia
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