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
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_Ante victoriam ne cane triumphum._ Sing not of triumph before the
victory. THOMPSON.
_Arcui meo non confido._ I trust not to my bow. WILKES.
_Ars longa, vita brevis._ Art is long and life is fleeting.
PRIESTLEY.
_At re non impetu._ By reason, not by force. HUNTER.
_Auctor pretiosa facit._ The Giver makes them valuable. LENNOX.
_Audacter._ Boldly. EWING.
_Aude fieri justum._ Dare to do the right. PARKER.
_Auspice Christo._ Under the guidance of Christ. DAVIS.
_Aut mors aut vita decora._ Either death, or an honorable life.
LIVINGSTON.
_Aut nunquam tantis aut perfice._ Either do not attempt, or
complete. HEMING.
_Be sure._ PASLEY.
_Beata Domus, custodita sic cuja Deo Domino est._ Blessed the home,
so guarded by the Lord God. BRASHER.
_Beauty and Grace._ SMITH.
_Bello virtus._ Courageous in war. KEESE.
_Beware my edge._ GIBBS.
_Bona que honesta._ Good things and honest. JACKSON.
_Bona vince malum._ Overcome evil with good. ELLISTON.
_Carpe diem._ (Hor. _Od._ i. 77.) Seize the present opportunity.
HOFFMAN.
_Carpe diem: postero ne credo._ Seize the present: trust not the
future. CUTTING.
_Cassis tutissima virtus._ Virtue is the safest helmet. KNIGHTS OF
THE SQUARE TABLE.
_Cave._ Beware. PARKER.
_Cavendo tutus._ Safe by caution. DANA.
_Chacun à son goût._ Each to his own taste. SMITH.
_Cherish virtue._ KING.
_Christi servitus vera libertas._ The service of Christ true
liberty. VAUGHAN.
_Christo et ecclesia._ For Christ and the church. HARVARD COLLEGE
LIBRARY.
_Cito pede praeterit aetas._ With swift foot old age comes on.
SARGEANT.
_Clarior hinc honos._ Hence the brighter honor. BUCHANAN.
_Claris dextera factis._ (Virg. _Æn._ vii. 474.) A right hand
employed in glorious deeds. BYAM.
_Clibor ne sceame._ CLIBORNE.
_Cognoscere occasionem._ Recognize the opportunity.
NEWTON-WILLIAMS.
_Colendo crescent._ By cultivating they increase. LIVIUS.
_Communiter bona profundere Deorum est._ It is the manner of the
gods to lavish good upon all. PHILADELPHIA LIBRARY CO.
_Concordia societatis nostra vinculum est._ Concord is the bond of
our society. LINONIAN SOCIETY LIBRARY.
_Confido in Domino._ I trust in God. SEDGWICK.
_Conquer death by virtue._ SHERMAN.
_Consilio manuque._ By counsel, and by the hand. PEIRSON.
_Consilio non impetu._ By counsel not by force. AGNEW.
_Coronat virtus cultores suos._ Virtue crowns her worshippers.
CLARKE.
_Cor unum ira mea._ My whole heart in my wrath. TOMLINSON.
_Courage sans peur._ Courage without fear. LEWIS.
_Crescit amor nummi._ The desire for riches increases. UNIDENTIFIED
PLATE.
_Cui est amiens felix._ Happy he who has a friend. WHITRIDGE.
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