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. Late Jacobean. Motto, _I pensieri stretti ed il viso sciolto_.
Of Virginia.
531. LUKENS. _John Lukens._
Armorial.
532. MCALISH. Armorial.
533. MCCOMB. _John McComb._
Plain armorial. No motto. The plate is enclosed within a frame made of a
festoon of oak leaves above, and straight lines below.
534. MCCOUN. _Wm. T. McCoun._ Plain armorial. Motto, _Semper paratus_.
Signed, _Rollinson. S._ Of New York.
535. MCDOWALL. _William McDowall. Esqr. One of His Majtes. Council in ye
Island of St. Christopher in America._ An old armorial plate of which no
further information has been noted.
536. MCFARLAN. _Frederick Mc. Farlan._
Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _This I’ll defend_. Of
Pennsylvania.
537. MCILVAINE. _Bloomfield McIlvaine._ Pictorial. An angel seated among
the clouds holding a tablet upright upon her knee, is writing upon it
with a quill. A very pretty design. Signed, _I. J. Barralet, inv._ _J.
H. Seymour Sc._ Lieutenant United States Navy.
538. MCKELDEN. _Andrew McKelden._ Pictorial. The arms of the United
States finely engraved within a circular frame. Motto, _E pluribus
unum_. The name of the owner written within the circle. Signed, _Leonard
Sculpt._
539. MCKENZIE. _Kenneth McKenzie._
Armorial. A Virginia physician.
540. MCKENZIE. _William McKenzie. Surgeon._
Armorial. Chippendale. Mottoes, _Luceo non uro_. The date 1766 is
written on the copy before me.
541. MCLEAN. _Hugh McLean._
Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Altera merces_, and _Virtus
durissima terit_. Signed, _Maverick Sct._ Oak leaves and branches used
in the decoration.
542. MCMURTRIE. _Henry McMurtrie._ Pictorial. Landscape. The frame is
oval in form; the rising sun discloses a small island on which are five
trees in a straight row; the bank at the left hand also has a similar
row of five trees, and in the immediate foreground a few piles of stone
and more trees are seen. The name is on a ribbon under the picture.
Signed, _Smither Sculpt._ A physician of Philadelphia.
543. MCMURTRIE. _Henry McMurtrie._ Literary. Books are piled upon a
table; the serpent of Æsculapius carries the motto-ribbon on which are
the words, _Respice finum_. Cupid weeps beside a mortuary urn whose tip
is aflame. An open book seems to have two words on the pages. The first
one is _Rush_. The whole design is enclosed in a circle about which
numerous clouds hover. Signed, _Fairman del. Kearny Sc._ The
Philadelphia physician.
544. MCTAVISH. _John McTavish._ Plain armorial. Motto, _Non oblitus_. Of
Maryland.
545. MACKAY. _James Mackay. Belfast._
Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Delectando pariterque monendo_. A
resident of Virginia about the year 1760.
546. MACKEY. _Albert G. Mackey. M.D._ Plain armorial. Motto, _My might
makes right_. Physician and author of Charleston, S.C.
547. MAGILL. _John Magill._
Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Perit ut vivat_. Signed, _J. Smither
Sct._ Of Maryland.
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