plate proof

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Wtenbogardus, the Dutch Minister; a most beautiful and brilliant impression, oval, on a square plate; proof, before the pillar, arch, verses, or any inscription: presque unique.

From Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance by Dibdin, Thomas Frognall