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
Plain armorial. Motto, _Fari quae sentiat_. Very pretty mantling. A
second motto above the crest, _Nil admirari_. The Virginia orator.
715. RANDOLPH. _John Randolph Junr._
Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Faro quae sentiat_. A very handsome
plate. The shield is oval in form and is raised upon an elaborate frame,
trimmed upon its upper edge with a garland of roses, and with the
shell-edging at the base; at the left a cupid is just coming into view,
holding up the festoon of flowers as he comes. The motto is on a ribbon
at the base, and the name on a small curtain whose ends are thrust
through the scrolls of the frame. Of Virginia.
716. RANDOLPH. _Peyton Randolph. Esqr._
Armorial. Late Jacobean. No motto. Signed, _BATH. I. Skinner_. First
President of Congress.
717. RANDOLPH. _Ryland Randolph._
Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Fari quae sentiat_. This plate is like
the Powell and Morgan plates, but is superior to them in all ways;
undoubtedly of English make. Of Virginia.
718. RAPHAEL. _B. J. Raphael. M.D._
Pictorial. A hand holding a surgeon’s knife; clouds about. Signed,
_Rohun and Co^{m}. Louisville. Ky._
719. RAPHAEL. _B. J. Raphael. M.D._
Pictorial. A skull and crossed bones. Of Kentucky.
720. RAY. _Robert Ray._
Plain armorial. Motto, _J’espère en Dieu_. Of New York.
721. READ. _Cha. Read of New Jersey, Esqr._
Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Nec spe nec metu_. A peculiar
plate: the shield is surmounted by highly rolled mantling from which
lances depend at either side and suspend the motto-ribbon. Father of the
Colonel Read who figured in the “Joseph Reed Controversy.”
722. READ. _Wm. Read._
Plain armorial. The shield is fastened to a tree, the branches of which
are made to resemble mantling, though there is no helmet. Motto,
_Indefessus vigilando_. Of Maryland.
723. REED. _Catherine P. Reed. Saybrook, Conn._
A printed name-label with ornamental type border. On green paper.
724. REED. _Elijah F. Reed’s._
Literary. An exact reduced copy of the plate of Thomas Robbins, even the
motto being identical.
725. REVERLY. _Henry Reverly._
Armorial. Chippendale. Signed, _F. Kirk Sc._
726. REYNOLDS. _Hannah Reynolds._
A name-label. The oval frame holding the name is festooned with flowers
and wheat stalks; an urn rests upon the frame.
727. RICHARDS. _The property of Mrs. Sally Richards. 1794._
A plain name-label in an ornamental type border.
728. RICKETS. _William Rickets Esqr._
Plain armorial. Very copious mantling rises high above the shield, and
falls low on either side. Of New York.
729. RIDDLE’S LIBRARY. _J. Riddle’s Circulating Library. Shakespear
Head, No. 74 South 8th opposite to Sansom Strt. Philadelphia._
Pictorial. A good head of Shakespeare is in the centre of the design;
this copy is numbered 665, showing a fair-sized number of books.
730. RIVOIRE. _Paul Rivoire._
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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