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. Chippendale. Motto, _Miseris succurrere disce_. Name-frame
empty; name evidently erased. Probably the plate of the signer of the
Declaration from Pennsylvania, Benjamin Rush. He is said to have
destroyed all the copies of his plate which he could find.
746. RUSSELL. _Josh. Russell._
A simple name-label. The name, with the initials above it in a cipher
monogram, is enclosed within a rectangular frame. This is a woodcut, and
is the work of Anderson.
747. RUSSELL. _Thomas Russell._
Allegorical. Signed, _Callender Sp._ This plate is a copy of the plate
of Joseph Barrell.
748. RUTGERS. _Hendrick Rutgers._
Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Tantes da dir_. Of New York City. Patriot
and philanthropist.
749. RUTHERFORD. _John Rutherford._
Armorial. Motto, _Nec sorte nec fato_. Born in New York about 1760. One
of the proprietors of East Jersey.
750. RUTLEDGE. (Anonymous.) Rutledge arms.
Supporters, a collared lion and an American Indian. They stand upon the
ribbon, which bears the motto, _Progredi non regredi_. Signed, _S. C.
Barnes & Co., Coventry St._ Of South Carolina.
751. ST. CLAIR. _Sir John St. Clair Bart._
Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Quo cunque ferar_. Signed, _Ja. Turner,
Philada., Sculpt._ Munitions of war are seen behind the name-bracket. Of
Philadelphia. A British officer, associated with Braddock.
752. ST. GEORGE’S CHURCH. _Library of the Sunday Schools attached to St
George’s Church, established A. D. 1819. Presented by.... No...._
Above the words is a pretty little picture of a child on her knees
reading from a book on a table before her. This plate is not signed, and
seems to be better work than was done on the plate of the Teachers’
Union of this same church.
753. ST. GEORGE’S CHURCH. _The property of the Teachers’ Union of St.
George’s Church. Presented by.... No...._
An engraved label. No ornamentation beyond flourishes. Signed,
_Rollinson_.
754. SALTER. _Richard Salter, Esq. Barbadoes._
Armorial. Jacobean. Motto-ribbon empty. The name is given on the looped
curtain.
755. SALTONSTALL. _Walter Saltonstall._
Armorial. Arms, Argent, a bend gules, between two eagles displayed
sable. Crest, out of a ducal coronet a demi-pelican vulning herself.
756. SALTONSTALL. _William Saltonstall._
Armorial.
757. SAMUELS. (Anonymous.) Plate of James Samuels.
Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _L’un Pour l’autre_. Signed, _H. Dawkins,
Philada., Fecit_. The hissing griffin, as in the Bushrod Washington
plate, is given here.
758. SARGEANT. _Jacob Sargeant._
Armorial in form, though no real arms are shown. Chippendale. Motto,
_Cito pede praeterit aetas_. Not signed, but engraved on brass by the
owner. Of Connecticut. Some dated copies of this plate are about, but
the date is not contemporary or correct. Also, the plate was not signed
originally.
759. SARGENT. _Daniel Sargent Junr._
Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Nec quaerere honorem nec spernere_.
Signed, _Callender Sc._ Of Massachusetts.
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