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. Jacobean. Motto, _Nil sine Deo_. Of Connecticut. Soldier in
the Revolution.
902. WALKER. _Samuel Walker’s._
Pictorial. Above the plain tablet which bears the name, and the mottoes,
_Ubi plura nitent paucis non offendar maculis_, and _Vitanda est improba
Siren defidia_, a group of musical accessories is placed; below, two
sprays of oak branches. A rude woodcut.
903. WALL. _Wall._
Plain armorial. Motto, _Par pari refero_. Signed, _J. D. Stout. N.Y._
904. WALLACE. _The Honble. Joshua Maddox Wallace of Burlington in New
Jersey esqr._
Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Pro patria_.
905. WALLER. _Benja. Waller. Virginia._
Armorial. Chippendale. No motto. A lawyer in Virginia.
906. WALMSLEY. _I. Walmsley. 1792._
Armorial. Very crude work. The mantling encloses the shield.
Motto-ribbon empty.
[Illustration: JOHN C. WARREN.]
907. WARREN. _G. Washington Warren._
Armorial. Belongs to no class. Ornamented with
scroll-work. The same plate is found with the
name of Lucius Henry Warren upon it.
908. WARREN. _John C. Warren._
Armorial. Pictorial. The shield rests against a
boulder, and is shaded by a poplar tree; the
serpent and rod of Æsculapius lie on the ground,
and the name is given on a ribbon. Eminent
surgeon and medical writer of Boston.
909. WARREN. _J. Mason Warren._
Plain armorial. No motto, the name occupying
the motto-ribbon. Same arms as the John C.
Warren.
910. WARREN. _The Property of Samuel Warren, jun. Providence._
The name is printed from type within an engraved
border, and the date, _1799_, appears in MS.
911. WARREN. _W. Warren. Theatre._
Pictorial. The name is given within a frame of
shield shape, above which a pair of antlers, trimmed
with oak branches and festoons of oak leaves, is
seen; resting between them are a book and looking-glass.
At the foot of the frame a loving cup.
912. WASHINGTON. _Bushrod Washington._
Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Exitus acta probat_.
Nephew of the President, to whom Mount
Vernon descended. This plate is almost identical
with the Whitebread plate by Dawkins. The
dragon changes places with the long spray of
flowers, otherwise they are the same. It is not
known whether Dawkins did this plate or not,
but presumably he copied the other from this,
which is likely to have been an imported plate. It
is not at all an uncommon type among the English
plates.
913. WASHINGTON. _George Washington._
Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Exitus acta probat_.
First President of the United States.
914. WATERHOUSE. _John Waterhouse. Halifax._
Crest only. Motto, _Veritas vincit omnia_.
915. WATIES. _Thomas Waties._
Armorial. Of South Carolina. An eminent judge
for a period of some forty years. Born, 1760;
died, 1828.
916. WATKINS. _John W. Watkins. A.M._
Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Fortis et
fidelis_. Signed, _Rollinson Sct._
[Illustration: W. WARREN
THEATRE]
917. WATTS. _John Watts._
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