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Published / Created:: [not before 1758?]
Call Number:: 33 6 Copy 3
Collection Title:: Opposite page 3. A parallel.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Portrait of Antonio Magliabechi, bust-length in profile to the right, wearing a cloak and bands; circular design done after a medal
Alternative Title:: Antonius Magliabechius Florentinus
Description:: Title from item., Probably a copy of the title page vignette from: Spence, J. A parallel; in the manner of Plutarch. [Twickenham] : Printed at Strawberry-Hill, by W. Robinson ..., 1758., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted on leaf 18 x 11 cm., and Mounted opposite page [3] in Richard Bull's interleaved copy of: Spence, J. A parallel; in the manner of Plutarch. [Twickenham] : Printed at Strawberry-Hill, by W. Robinson ..., 1758.
Publisher:: publisher not identified
Subject (Name):: Magliabechi, Antonio, 1633-1714,
Subject (Topic):: Scholars and Librarians
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Antonivs Magliabechivs Florentinvs [graphic].

Published / Created:: [1802?]
Call Number:: Portraits Oa11 no. 1
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Portrait showing Susanna Oakes, who ran the circulating library at Ashbourne from about 1795 until 1801, seated in a ladder-back chair with a backdrop of shelved books. She is seated beside an occasional table, her quill pen within reach, in an attitude of contemplative thought. Her left arm is clearly seen to have a muscle wasting disease, and a cane resting against the chair confirms some form of disability
Description:: Title from item., Publication information based on that of the book for which this is a frontispiece., and Frontispiece from: Oakes, Susanna. The rules of the forest in three volumes ... Derby : Printed by J. Drewry, [1802].
Publisher:: J. Drewry
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain.
Subject (Topic):: Libraries, Librarians, Libraries (Rooms & spaces), and People with disabilities
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Susanna Oakes keeper of the circulating library at Ashborne [sic] in the County of Derby. [graphic]