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
Same arms as the above. Supporters are now
hideous boys. No motto on the motto-ribbon,
upon which the boys stand. Of New York. Illustrated
in “Curio,” page 17.
963. WYTHE. _George Wythe, Virginia._
Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Secundis dubisque
rectus_. Of Virginia. Signer of the Declaration.
964. YALE COLLEGE. _The Property of the Brothers in Unity,
Yale College._
Allegorical. Bordered by an oblong frame, the
name is given in the centre of the design, with this
verse below,
_Friendship and Science thus combine
To aid and honour our design:
With us unite an equal claim,
And share alike the social name._
Above, on a ribbon bearing the motto, _E parvis oriunter magna_, two
grinning females mutually support a circular frame, in which the crowd
of Brothers is seen walking bareheaded under a powerful sun. _Omnes in
uno concordia_ is on the frame. The supporters doubtless depict
Friendship and Science. A pile of books between them completes the
inventory. Signed, _Wm. Taylor Deln. A. Doolittle Sculpt._
965. YALE COLLEGE. _Brothers in Unity._
Allegorical. Under the name the following lines are given:--
_Hermes eloquio potens recludit
Fontes, ecce, suos: et ampliora
Vena Pierii fluunt liquores:
Atque arces reserat suas Minerva._
Above is a delightful engraving. Minerva helmeted and robed but without
the spear, attended by Hermes, calls the attention of the approaching
group of young men to the pile of books on the ground before them, and
also to Demosthenes, who on the near-by sea-shore is declaiming
vociferously to the rolling waves. Signed, _E. Tisdale Del. S. S.
Jocelyn Sc._
966. YALE COLLEGE. _Brothers in Unity._
Allegorical. Beneath the name, which supports itself in mid-air, Minerva
(?) is seated, and is directing the efforts of two cherubs who are at
work on geographical and architectural problems, as evidenced by the
globe and capital before which each bends; to them comes a third cherub,
and, alighting on the capital before one of the cherubs, holds out a
scroll on which is written ΑΛΗΘΕΙΑ. The goddess calls the attention of
the other cherub to this message. Architectural features abound in the
distance. Signed, _O. Pelton. Sc._
967. YALE COLLEGE. _This book belongs to the Linonian Meeting._
A view of the college chapel and one of the halls is shown within a loop
of a ribbon which runs across the top of the plate; on the ribbon,
_Concordia societatis nostra vinculum est_. Two clasped hands below the
name are enclosed by a ribbon, on which is the word, Amicitia. Rude
quirks and flourishes are introduced, and the whole appearance of the
plate is rough.
968. YALE COLLEGE. _Linonian Library, Yale College._
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