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. No motto. Very handsome
plate in the style of Hurd’s best design; a
border is added, which is unusual with him, and it
is twined with garlands of roses, and has shells in
the corners.
947. WILSON. _John Wilson, Barbadoes._
Armorial. Pictorial. The scene is in the tropics;
a cornucopia pours its riches of fruit upon the
ground, just below the oval shield, which is steadied
by a winged cherub, who gazes off into the clouds;
the background shows trees, an expanse of water,
and either icebergs or snow-capped mountains.
948. WILSON. _John Wilson, Kingston. Jamaica._
Pictorial. The name is given on an open book,
which is surrounded by a wreath.
949. WINTHROP. _William Winthrop._
Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Spes
vincit terrorem_. Signed, _S. Hill_.
950. WINTHROP. _J. W._
Armorial. (Winthrop arms.) Jacobean. Plate
of John Winthrop; born, Boston, 1681; died in
England, 1747.
951. WISEMAN. _Joseph Wiseman._
Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto-ribbon
empty. Signed, _Vallance Sc._ Of Pennsylvania.
952. WISNER. _Polydore B. Wisner._
Armorial in form. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto,
_Via ad cordem_. Signed, _Maverick Sculpt._ Of
New York.
953. WOLCOTT. _Oliver Wolcott._
Armorial. Jacobean. No motto. Of Connecticut.
Signer of the Declaration.
954. WOOD. _Joseph Wood._
Armorial. Chippendale. No motto. Of Pennsylvania.
Colonel in Revolutionary Army.
955. WOODBRIDGE. _Wm. Woodbridge._
A plain name-label, with the name and the motto,
_Wisely for_ PLEASURE _and for_ PROFIT _read:
thus hold high_ CONVERSE _with the_ MIGHTY
_dead_, enclosed within a border of ornamental type.
Of Connecticut. Statesman and jurist.
956. WORCESTER. _The Property of the Worcester Circulating
Library Company._
_First Cost.... Fine for detention ---- per day._
Enclosed in a woodcut border; a coin showing a
monarch with the wreath of victory on his head,
above. Very likely to have been printed by Isaiah
Thomas.
957. WORMELEY. _Ralph Wormeley of Rosegill._
Armorial. No crest. Chippendale. Motto, _Nunc
mihi nunc alii_. Books used in the ornamentation.
Of Virginia.
958. WORMELEY. _Ralph Wormeley of Rosegill._
Armorial. Same arms as above. Chippendale.
Motto-ribbon empty. No crest. Not the same
plate as the preceding.
959. WRIGHT. _James Wright Esqr._
Armorial. Chippendale. No motto. Last Royal
Governor of Georgia.
960. WYNKOOP. _Augustus Wynkoop._
Armorial. Supporters, bacchantes with bottles in
hands and wine-cups held aloft, with scant covering
to their bodies. On the shield, beside a cask, an
old man holds a glass before a young boy, evidently
in warning; a grape-vine grows near by. An eagle
for crest spreads his wings over the mantling. The
supporters stand upon the name-frame. Of New
York.
961. WYNKOOP. _C. C. Wynkoop._
Same arms as the above. Of New York.
962. WYNKOOP. _Peter Wynkoop._
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