[A] The Truth

[T.M. Sommers]

p. 176 (of 324) (American hardback)

"Mr. Tulip snatched the silver [candle]stick out of his partner's
hand. ... 'That's a genuine Sellini!'"

Benvenuto Cellini (1500-1571), Italian gold- and silversmith.

p. 296

"Well, publish and be damned to you ... ."

"Publish and be damned." is attributed to the Duke of Wellington
by Elizabeth Longford in her _Wellington: Years of the Sword_,
ch. 10 (Source: Oxford Dict. of Quotations)

--
Thomas M. Sommers -- t...@nj.net -- AB2SB

[Richard Eney]

In article <451d085e$0$25777$470e...@news.pa.net>,

T.M. Sommers <t...@nj.net> wrote:
>p. 176 (of 324) (American hardback)
>
>"Mr. Tulip snatched the silver [candle]stick out of his partner's
>hand. ... 'That's a genuine Sellini!'"
>
>Benvenuto Cellini (1500-1571), Italian gold- and silversmith.

To belabor the obvious, "Sellini" includes a nice pun on the
commercial aspect of Benvenuto's career. (I doubt that there
was any intended pun on Selene, though silver is usually
the moon-associated metal.)

=Tamar

[T.M. Sommers]

Then there is his famous salt cellar, which is spelt with a 'c'
but alliterates with 'sell', not 'Cellini', thus sort of
combining both 'Sellini' and 'Cellini'.