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PHILLIPPS, Sir Thomas (1792-1872). His personal seal of ivory, gold and stamp of carved carnelian. The seal an oval lozenge (23 x 16 mm), probably of Persian or Indian origin in the 19th century, delicately carved with floral ground and a calligraphic inscription in nasta 'liq Arabic: "Tahmas Fil Bs" (Thomas Phillipps). The fluted gold mount threaded to screw into the top of the ivory handle. 73 (height) x 30mm. (base diagonal). Fine condition. Provenance: E.P. Goldschmidt.
THE PERSONAL SEAL OF THE ILLUSTRIOUS BIBLIOPHILE. Phillipps began his collecting while still at Rugby School and continued at Oxford. Such was his devotion that he acquired some 40,000 printed books and 60,000 manuscripts, arguably the largest collection a single individual has created, and he coined the term "vello-maniac" to describe his obsession. A.N.L. Munby notes that he spent perhaps between two hundred thousand and a quarter of a million pounds, altogether four or five thousand pounds a year, while accessions came in at the rate of forty or fifty a week.
THE PERSONAL SEAL OF THE ILLUSTRIOUS BIBLIOPHILE. Phillipps began his collecting while still at Rugby School and continued at Oxford. Such was his devotion that he acquired some 40,000 printed books and 60,000 manuscripts, arguably the largest collection a single individual has created, and he coined the term "vello-maniac" to describe his obsession. A.N.L. Munby notes that he spent perhaps between two hundred thousand and a quarter of a million pounds, altogether four or five thousand pounds a year, while accessions came in at the rate of forty or fifty a week.
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