A dissertation upon the epistles of Phalaris. With an answer to the objections of the Honourable Charles Boyle ..
A scholarly dissertation by Richard Bentley, printed in London in 1699 by J. H. for H. Mortlock and J. Hartley, answering Charles Boyle's objections to the Epistles of Phalaris; the picture is a bookplate for Leonard Hotchkis, shown as an engraved heraldic achievement. A designer might take its symmetrical framing, with a central shield flanked by scrolls, foliage, and a bottom label, as a model for an engraved ex libris or crest layout.
