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 in form, but no true arms shown. The motto, _Malo mori quam
foedari_, is on a circular band which encloses a space, divided into
quarters, colored heraldically and charged with absurd charges; in the
first quarter, which is tinctured az., a shield with a helmet above is
supported by a row of fence posts with cinquefoils between them; the
second, which is tinctured ar., is divided per saltire, and is charged
with a powder-horn, a crescent and stars, an ox-bow, and a crown; the
third, which is tinctured gu., has Gabriel and Apollyon in combat, with
a crown above them; the fourth, which is tinctured az., has the dove
with the olive branch on a peculiar cross which holds thirteen spots
(for lack of a better term); disposed about are three flaming hearts.
This whole design is enclosed in a large shield; the crest is a man on a
prancing steed, carrying a tomahawk; the supporters are a nude Indian
with a wreath about his loins, his feet chained, and the end of the
chain and a shield in his hands; and a crowned lion with three stars on
its body. Motto, under all, _Juncta virtute fides_. This plate is not
signed. What a pity! Very probably the plate of the Father of American
Universalism, who it is said was greeted with a shower of stones when he
first tried to preach in Boston.
601. MURRAY. _Joseph Murray._
Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Virtute fideque_. Not signed, but
evidently by Maverick.
602. MURRAY. _Murray Earl of Dunmore._
Armorial. Supporters, mantling, and crown. Motto, _Furth--Fortune_. John
Murray, fourth Earl. Made Governor of New York, 1770; and of Virginia,
1771.
603. MUSGRAVE. _Richard Musgrave._
Plain armorial. Motto, _Sans changer_. On the copy before me is written,
_of New Haven Connecticut_.
[Illustration: THE REV,^D JOHN MURRAY.] 604. NELSON. _The arms of the
Rt. Hon. George Nelson Esq. Ld. Mayor._
Armorial. Late Jacobean. No motto. Of Virginia.
605. NEWBERRY. _Roger Newberry’s Property._
An engraved label with a festoon above, and the following motto below:--
_To Virtue & Science attend,_
_And Truth & Justice befriend._
606. NEWBURYPORT. _Newburyport Athenæum._
Pictorial. A large American eagle about to rise from a pile of rocks
bears a ribbon in his beak with the name upon it.
607. NEWELL. _Timothy Newell._
Military. The name is given within a frame, behind which are seen a
various assortment of military implements,--flags, swords, guns, drums,
trumpets, etc. Signed, _I. Thomas print_. This is a woodcut, and was
printed by Isaiah Thomas, the early printer of Worcester, Mass.
608. NEWPORT, R.I. _Redwood Library. Newport. R.I._
Pictorial. A large picture of the library building. Signed, _Drawn by
James Stevens Civil Engr. Engd. by W. D. Terry Newport_. The library
used other smaller plates, a simple label, and also another view of the
building with the rules governing the use of volumes printed with it.
609. NEWTON. _Lucretia E. Newton._
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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