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A sixteenth-century Spanish-language miscellany by Pedro Mexía, printed in 1556 at Lyon by the heirs of Diego de Junta and held by the John Carter Brown Library. The single picture is a heraldic coat of arms in a bookplate or ownership style, with a crested helm, scrolling mantling, a dotted field, chevron, and a motto banner reading GAUDEO. A designer could draw on its symmetrical scrollwork, mantling and banner framing for crest or monogram layouts.
