'Bee' bookplate

Creator

Date

1630s

Identifier

Shoults Itb 1655 B

Publisher

Angeli Bernabo, Haerdis Manelsi Manelsij

Abstract

The title-page of Praenestes Antiquae libri duo contains a printed copy of the famed ‘bee’ coat of arms belonging to Maffeo Barberini (1631-1685), to whom as Prince of Palestrina, the book was dedicated.

Files

Cab 1-0008.jpg

Citation

Barberini, “'Bee' bookplate,” ourheritage.ac.nz | OUR Heritage, accessed December 27, 2024, https://otago.ourheritage.ac.nz/index.php/items/show/11480.