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MAGNA CARTA, PRINTED ON VELLUM By Permission of [...the named...] Trustees of the Cottonian Library. This Plate being a Correct Copy of King John's Great Charter, taken from an original now remaining in the Cottonian Library... Engraved Facsimile of the 1215 Magna Carta, ENGRAVED BY JOHN PINE AND PRINTED ON VELLUM, engraved central panel of text surrounded by a series of 25 hand-coloured coats-of-arms of the Barons in vertical borders, and hand-coloured representation of the remains of King John's Great Seal in lower panel, annotated in blue ink within upper title panel 'Seven errors in the Arms (marked thus...) and two in the names of the Barons, thus marked * in this copy corrected' in blue ink, with 7 of the Arms overpainted, all the backgrounds of the Arms painted blue, and a new border of uniform green pasted over the original border of oak leaves, laid down on linen and mounted on wooden frame with tacks in blank margins, platemark 700 x 485mm., overall sheet 790 x 550mm, Sold by J. Pine, engraver against Little Britain in Aldersgate Street, and by the Booksellers of London and Westminster, [1733] Footnotes: PRINTED ON VELLUM, THE FIRST PRINTING OF THE ORIGINAL TEXT OF MAGNA CARTA, King John's Great Charter of 1215, the most celebrated legal document in the English-speaking world. This attractive engraving was taken from one of the two original copies owned by Sir Robert Cotton, now in the British Museum. John Pine (1690-1756) was a publisher, print- and map-seller, as well as Bluemantle Pursuivant at the College of Arms, and Engraver to the King's signet and Stamp Office. It is thought that one of the motivations for publishing this facsimile in the present form was the fire on 23 October 1731 in which one of the two Cottonian originals was damaged. This copy has evidently been 'corrected' by a later genealogist, overpainting several of the arms. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: • • Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing
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MAGNA CARTA, PRINTED ON VELLUM By Permission of [...the named...] Trustees of the Cottonian Library. This Plate being a Correct Copy of King John's Great Charter, taken from an original now remaining in the Cottonian Library... Engraved Facsimile of the 1215 Magna Carta, ENGRAVED BY JOHN PINE AND PRINTED ON VELLUM, engraved central panel of text surrounded by a series of 25 hand-coloured coats-of-arms of the Barons in vertical borders, and hand-coloured representation of the remains of King John's Great Seal in lower panel, annotated in blue ink within upper title panel 'Seven errors in the Arms (marked thus...) and two in the names of the Barons, thus marked * in this copy corrected' in blue ink, with 7 of the Arms overpainted, all the backgrounds of the Arms painted blue, and a new border of uniform green pasted over the original border of oak leaves, laid down on linen and mounted on wooden frame with tacks in blank margins, platemark 700 x 485mm., overall sheet 790 x 550mm, Sold by J. Pine, engraver against Little Britain in Aldersgate Street, and by the Booksellers of London and Westminster, [1733] Footnotes: PRINTED ON VELLUM, THE FIRST PRINTING OF THE ORIGINAL TEXT OF MAGNA CARTA, King John's Great Charter of 1215, the most celebrated legal document in the English-speaking world. This attractive engraving was taken from one of the two original copies owned by Sir Robert Cotton, now in the British Museum. John Pine (1690-1756) was a publisher, print- and map-seller, as well as Bluemantle Pursuivant at the College of Arms, and Engraver to the King's signet and Stamp Office. It is thought that one of the motivations for publishing this facsimile in the present form was the fire on 23 October 1731 in which one of the two Cottonian originals was damaged. This copy has evidently been 'corrected' by a later genealogist, overpainting several of the arms. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: • • Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing
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