Booklabels of James Toovey († 1893)

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❧ Oval book label printed in gilt: Burn­ham Abbey Bucks; mono­gram within ‘IT’ with a cross, on front paste-down of Vir­gil. Opera.
Rome : In domo Petri de Max­imo [Con­radus Sweyn­heym and Arnoldus Pan­nartz], 28 Feb. 1469.
Junius Mor­gan Col­lec­tion (VRG) 2945.1469q		 ❧ Cir­cu­lar book label printed in gilt with mono­gram ‘IT’ with a cross, sur­rounded by wreath and scroll with motto “Inter Folia Fruc­tus.” On front paste down of Con­sti­tu­tions des treize États-Unis de l’Amérique.
A Philadel­phia et se trouve a Paris, : P. D. Pier­res, imprimeur. ; Pis­sot, pere & fils, Libraires, 1783. Call num­ber (EX) 7583.01.267.11 copy 1. This copy pre­sented by Junius Mor­gan, acces­sioned 10 May 1897.
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For more on Toovey see W. Roberts, The Book-Hunter in Lon­don (1895), page 253 ff