American Book-Plates: A Guide to Their Study with ExamplesAllen, Charles Dexter
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American Book-Plates: A Guide to Their Study with Examples
Allen, Charles Dexter
Bookplates -- Bibliography; Bookplates, American
Armorial. Arms not the ones on the plate of James Logan, the donor of
the Library. No motto, the name occupying the motto-ribbon. Chippendale.
Started by James Logan in 1743, who gave books to the value of £1000 and
a building. Illustrated in “Curio,” page 12.
515. LONGBOTTOM. _Abram P. Longbottom._ Plain armorial. Two shields of
arms side by side under a large American eagle. Mottoes, _Labor omnia
vincit_, and _Pro rege et lege_.
516. LORD. _William Lord’s East Haddam._ An early engraved copper-plate;
the name and address only within an oval frame of twisted vines.
517. LORING. _Loring._
Armorial. Chippendale. No motto. Not signed, but bears some of the
characteristics of Hurd’s work. Undoubtedly his.
518. LOTBINIERE. _M. le Marquis de Lotbiniere._
Armorial. French heraldic. A lion crouches below the escutcheon, while
eagles scream at either side. Motto, _Fors et virtus_. A large landowner
in New York City at the beginning of the century.
519. LOW. _Cornelius Low. Esqr._
Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Ex necessitate_. Not signed, but
undoubtedly by Dawkins. The frame is the same in ornamentation and style
as the Whitehead Hick plate.
520. LOWELL. _John Lowell._
Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Occasionem cognoscere_. Signed, _N. Hurd.
Scp._ Jurist and statesman of Massachusetts. Member of Old Congress.
521. LOWELL. _John Lowell Jr._
Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Occasionem cognoscere_. A second motto is
given, _Deo dirigente cresendum est_. Signed, _Annin & Smith Sc._
Founder of the Lowell Institute, Boston. Illustrated in “Art Amateur,”
May, 1894.
522. LOWELL. _John Lowell. Jr._
Armorial. Chippendale. Mottoes as the preceding. Signed, _A. & S._ This
seems to be a lithograph made from the above.
523. LOWELL. _John Amory Lowell._
Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Occasionem cognoscere_. Very similar to
the design of the John Lowell by Hurd; evidently copied from it.
524. LUDLOW. _Cary Ludlow._
Armorial. Chippendale. Motto. _Fide sed cui vide_. Signed, _W. Smith
Sculp._ Somewhat in the style of Dawkins.
525. LUDLOW. _Charles Ludlow. A.M._
Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Fide sed cui vide_. Signed, _W. Smith_.
The arms are the same as on the John Cooke Ludlow. At the left a
scantily robed female is playing the flute, while a cupid holds the book
of music. The surroundings are indicative of a desert.
526. LUDLOW. _Gabriel Verplank Ludlow._
Armorial. Crest only. Motto, _Naturae convenienter vivere_.
527. LUDLOW. _Gab: Wm: Ludlow._
Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Spero meliora_. Signed, _H. D. Sc._
(Dawkins.) A very fine plate.
528. LUDLOW. _George Ludlow._
Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Decus virtuti soli_. The festoon of
cloth draped above the shield is trimmed with a string of laurel.
Signed, _Rollinson Sct._
529. LUDLOW. _John Cooke Ludlow._
Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Spero meliora_. Signed, _H. D. Sc._
(Dawkins.)
530. LUDWELL. _Philip Ludwell of Greenspring in Virginia Esqr._
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