pressmark
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On the second, third, or fourth leaf of a book, or thereabouts, the title was written on the bottom margin, with the pressmark and the first words of that leaf.
From Old English Libraries by Ernest Albert Savage
The latter part is obtained from a MS. in the Real Academia de la Historia; its pressmark, "Papeles de las Jesuitas, tomo 8, fol. 330-339."
The original decree is conserved in the Archivo general de Indias, Sevilla; its pressmark the same as that indicated in note 14, ante.
Decree of August 9, 1589.—This is obtained from the ”Cedulario Indico” in the Archivo Historico Nacional, Madrid; its pressmark is: “Tomo 7, fº 301, nº 449.”
The pressmark is xviii c 4 7 The size is 185 × 130 mm.
From Henry the Sixth A Reprint of John Blacman's Memoir with Translation and Notes by M. R. (Montague Rhodes) James