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Collection: 
Pratt Institute Ex Libris Collection
Identifier: 
sc00651
Subject: 
Bookplates, British
Subject: 
British Museum
Description: 
States, "Bellum maxime omnium memorable, quae unquam gesta sint, me scripturum; quod, Hannibale duce, Carthaginienses cum populo Romano gessere. Nam neque validiores opibus ullae inter se civitates gentesque contulerunt arma, neque his ipsis tantum unquam virium aut roboris fuit: et haud ignotas belli artes inter se, sed expertas, primo Punico conserebant bello: odiis etiam prope majoribus certarunt quam viribus: et adeo varia belli fortuna ancepsque Mars fuit, ut propius periculum fuerint qui vicerunt.-Livy, lib. xxi.;" features an emblem of a royal crown and "British Museum." Signed at bottom "Small Royal Crown impressed on end papers, titiles, etc., passion."
Date: 
n.d.
Format: 
1 print : col. ; 12 x 16 cm.
Source: 
Special Collections 76a
Language: 
English
Language: 
Latin
Rights: 
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Owner: 
British Museum
Contributing Institution: 
Pratt Institute