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REPLY1851

Tandem D. O. M.

By J. EASTWOOD. (Eccclesfield)

Is not D. O. M. the common abbreviation for "Deo Optimo Maximo?" and so the whole phrase an acknowledgment by the painful (and probably pious) collector of the most interesting library referred to, of his thanks to God on having "*at length*" obtained possession of some long-coveted folio, or vainly-sought-for edition?

Topics: Library Collections, Religious Acknowledgments