1790 Common Gordius (Hair Worm) F. P Nodder Book Plate Engraving vintage tin rattle revealed only those worthy of

revealed only those worthy of the knowledge

though there is really no sign of welding along his shoulders

and which appears to have been finely carved from one piece of wood

Rerce in 1894

1790 Common Gordius (Hair Worm) F. P Nodder Book Plate Engraving vintage tin rattle revealed only those worthy ofThis just struck me as rather poetic and wonderfully lyrical two looping knots of worm at top and bottom, and then one outstretched across the middle. The text underneath reads London, England Nov. 1790, by F. P Nodder & Co. No. 15 Brewer Street. Frederick Polydore Nodder (1770 c. 1800) was an English illustrator, engraver and painter, who illustrated George Shaw's periodical The Naturalist's Miscellany, which is where this bookplate came from, and