From a 1954 commercial cover on the stationery of a Spanish book dealer. The eagle with the halo is an iconographic emblem of St. John the Evangelist. Placing this eagle behind the Spanish national arms (which this shield approximates except for the added motto) was the practice of the Fascist regime of General Franco. The motto, in a border in distinctive Spanish style, is that of the Sociedad de Bibliofilos Españoles (Society of Spanish Book-Lovers), a publisher of Spanish bibliographic and antiquarian works, and means what our ancestors wrote should not be lost . Its use on this letterhead implies a professional connection between the bookseller and the society.
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