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![(VIRGINIA.) Engraved armorial bookplate of William Byrd of Westover. Approximately 75x62 mm; small early ink numerical notation. [Np, 18th century]](https://image.invaluable.com/housePhotos/swanngalleries/38/108538/H0132-L00950929.jpg)
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(VIRGINIA.) Engraved armorial bookplate of William Byrd of Westover. Approximately 75x62 mm; small early ink numerical notation. [Np, 18th century]
- Notes: Byrd's library of literature and colonial history was auctioned by Robert Bell in Philadelphia in 1781. "A very interesting specimen of its class... Colonel Byrd [1674-1744] was a very distinguished Virginian: was born to an ample fortune, liberally educated, and became the patron of science and literature in his native state"--Allen, American Bookplates 123.
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