Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Cognosce occasionem_. This is the plate of John C. Williams, by Hurd, with the name and signature erased, and the present name printed from type under the shield. An unwarrantable proceeding. 610. NEW YORK. _Apprentices’ Library._ A pictorial plate of great beauty. In the immediate foreground an aged man, clad in classic garb, accosts two youths who have evidently but just risen, at his approach, from a moss-covered rock on which they had been studying, if the scattered books are an indication: with uplifted hand, the old man directs them to the temple of knowledge, which can be seen in the distance crowning the summit of a lofty hill: at the foot of the declivity the spires and houses of a village can be discerned: between it and the place of meeting a broad expanse of water stretches: a beehive at hand indicates activity, and the broken column behind the preceptor is a link connecting classic history with present time. Above the picture the muscular arm holds the hammer, and oak branches are about it. Signed, _A. Anderson. Sc._ 611. NEW YORK. _The Property of the New York College of Pharmacy._ An oblong name-label, with flourishes. Above, a crucible is placed, with the rays of the sun spreading out behind it. Signed, _Rollinson Sc. New York_. 612. NEW YORK. _The Property of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of the University of the State of New York._ An oblong printed label with type border. This college was established in 1807, and is now a part of Columbia College. 613. NEW YORK. _New York Society Library._ This plate is armorial in form, but presents no real arms. The central frame, of Chippendale design, contains four quarterings, which represent the arts of Astronomy, Navigation, Geography, Mathematics, and Literature; Religion also is represented. Mercury and Minerva support the frame, standing upon the ribbon which bears the name; above the frame sits Apollo with his broad back to the full-shining sun; clouds which resemble toy balloons rise about him. Beneath the frame appear the outskirts of a city, with spires and towers visible; directly under this is the word _Athenia_ in Greek (presumably to suggest that New York City was the modern Athens); a closed chest with a lighted candle upon it has these words on it, _sed in candelabro_, and an open book bears across its face the motto, _Nosce teipsum_. Signed, _E. Gallaudet. Sc._ Illustrated in “Ex Libris Journal,” Vol. III, page 141. 614. NEW YORK. _New York Society Library._