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
760. SARGENT. _Epes Sargent._
Armorial. Chippendale. Motto-scroll empty. Signed, _P. Revere Sculp._
761. SARGENT. _Winthrop Sargent._
Plain armorial. Motto, _Fortior quo rectior_. Of Massachusetts.
Statesman and Revolutionary soldier.
762. SCHUYLER. _Philip Schuyler Esqr._
Armorial. Early Chippendale. No motto. Major-General in the Revolution,
and was, after the war, a Senator. Illustrated in “Curio,” page 110.
763. SCHUYLER. _Samuel Schuyler._
Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Semper fidelis_. Of New York. Born, March
10, 1746; died, 1790.
764. SCOTT. _Benjamin Scott._
Armorial. Chippendale. No motto.
765. SCOTT. _Gustavus Scott._
Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Gaudia magna nuncio_. A lawyer of
Virginia. Died in Washington, 1801.
766. SCOTT. _John V._
Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _In God we trust_. This plate is
just like the De Witt Clinton by Maverick. The last name is torn out in
the only copy seen, but the arms are those of Scott.
767. SCOTT. _Winfield Scott._
Plain armorial. Motto, _Amore patriae_. Of Virginia. Famous General.
768. SCOTTON. _John Scotton._
Armorial. Jacobean. No motto. Of Boston, Mass.
769. SEARS. _Sears._
Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto-ribbon empty.
770. SEARS. _David Sears._
Armorial. A knight in armor and an Indian for supporters. Motto, _Honore
et fides_. Circa 1830.
771. SECOMBE. _John Secombe his book 1729._
Name-label, with ornamental type border. Clergyman and poet. Of
Massachusetts.
772. SEDGWICK. _Theodore Sedgwick Junr._
Crest only. The crest is given above an oval garter, within which is the
motto, _Confido in Domino_. Publicist and lawyer of Albany, N. Y.
773. SELFRIDGE. _Thomas O. Selfridge Boston 1799._
Two fluted pillars are joined at the capitals by festoons of roses; the
name is in the open space between them. A woodcut. Selfridge was the
Federalist lawyer of Boston who shot Charles Austin.
774. SEMPLE. Armorial. Of Virginia.
775. SETON. _William Seton._
Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Hazard zit forward_. Signed,
_Maverick Sculpt._ Of New York.
776. SEWELL. Armorial.
777. SHEPPARD. _John H. Sheppard._
Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Nil desperandum_. Of Massachusetts.
Lawyer and author.
778. SHERMAN. _Rev. Henry B. Sherman. M.A._
Armorial. Jacobean. Motto, _Conquer death by virtue_. A very peculiar
use is made of the Jacobean features.
779. SHIPPEN. _Edward Shippen Esquire._
Armorial. Jacobean. No motto. Jurist. Descendant of Edward Shippen, the
first Mayor of Philadelphia. Educated in London. Illustrated in “Curio,”
page 110.
780. SHIPPEN. _Robertus Shippen. S. T. P. Coll. Aen. Nas. Principatis._
A reproduction of the above. Illustrated in “Art Amateur,” May, 1894.
781. SHUBRICK. _Thomas Shubrick, South Carolina._
Plain armorial. Colonel in the Revolution. Illustrated in “Curio,” page
113.
782. SILVESTER. _Peter Silvester Esqr._
Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Nec degener_. Signed, _Child
Sculpt._ No tinctures. Of New York.
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