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[Bookplate for Harold Hampson]

This bookplate's design features a collared greyhound's head, erased, above a mural coronet. Below a banner waves containing the originator's Latin motto.

Heraldry

Prints

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This crest is cited as belonging to the Hampson family of Britain, however the origin of this particular plate remains unknown.
References:
1) Heraldric Dictionary. University of Notre Dame, Dept. of Special Collections. Accessed 18 Nov. 2008 from http://www.rarebooks.nd.edu/digital/heraldry/
2) Burke, John. A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. 4th ed. 2 vol. London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1832. http://books.google.ca/books?id=Cq8KAAAAYAAJ&dq=Burke%2C%20John.%20%20A%20General%20and%20Heraldic%20Dictionary%20of%20the%20Peerage%20and%20Baronetage%20of%20the%20British%20Empire&lr=&pg=PP9#v=onepage&q=&f=false

RBSC Bookplates

2010

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