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POSSIBLY THE NETHERLANDS
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Two engraved mother-of-pearl historical plaques
Possibly The Netherlands
In circular ebonized wood frames, one with the portrait Laurens Coster and with latin inscription below which reads:'LAVRENTIVS COSTERVS HARLEMSIS' rimus Artis Tijpographica Inventor circa Annum 1440', the other with the portrait and inscription: 'VERO INMORTALI HADRIANO JUNIO, OB SERVATAM DE INVENTIONE ARTIS TYPOGR. HISTORIAE VERITATEM'
15 cm. (excluding the frames) (2)
Possibly The Netherlands
In circular ebonized wood frames, one with the portrait Laurens Coster and with latin inscription below which reads:'LAVRENTIVS COSTERVS HARLEMSIS' rimus Artis Tijpographica Inventor circa Annum 1440', the other with the portrait and inscription: 'VERO INMORTALI HADRIANO JUNIO, OB SERVATAM DE INVENTIONE ARTIS TYPOGR. HISTORIAE VERITATEM'
15 cm. (excluding the frames) (2)
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