File:Britannica Book-Plates - Nicholas Bacon.png

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Description Book plate of Nicholas Bacon for the books he presented to the university of Cambridge. Arms: Gules, on a chief argent two mullets pierced sable (Bacon) quartering Barry of six or and azure, a bend gules (Quaplade). Crest: A boar ermine.
Date 1574; as of 1911, this was thought to be the earliest book plate used in England
Source Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th edition, v. 4, 1911, p. 230
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Public domain This image comes from the 13th edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica or earlier. The copyrights for that book have expired in the United States because the book was first published in the US with the publication occurring before January 1, 1929. As such, this image is in the public domain in the United States.

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