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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_Dabit otia Deus._ God will give peace. BRISBANE.
_De interiore templo socius._ A comrade from within the temple.
HORSMANDEN.
_Decus virtuti soli._ Honor to virtue alone. LUDLOW.
_Delectando pariterque monendo._ By pleasing while admonishing.
MACKAY.
_Deo dirigente crescendum est._ We must prosper, while God directs.
LOWELL.
_Deo duce perseverandum_. I will persevere under the guidance of
God. JAY.
_Deo et amicitiae._ For God and friendship. FORMAN.
_Deo regique debeo._ I owe duty to God and the king. JOHNSON.
_Deo spes mea._ God my hope. THORNTON.
_Depressa resurgo._ I rise after defeat. PINTARD.
_Deus amici et nos._ God, our friends, and ourselves. PELL.
_Deus dabit._ God will grant. FISH.
_Deus dux certus._ God a safe leader. BRIMAGE.
_Deus meumque jus._ God and my right. SUPREME COUNCIL, 33d°.
_Deus nobis haec otia fecit._ (Virg. _Ec._ i. vi.) God hath given
us this tranquillity. SMITH.
_Deus providebit._ God will provide. DOVE.
_Dictis factisque simplex._ Simple in words and deeds. GILPIN.
ROGERS.
_Dieu défend de droit._ God defends the right. BOUCHER.
_Disce pati._ Learn to endure. DUNCAN.
_Discretio moderatrix virtutum._ Discretion mistress of virtues.
QUINCY.
_Duce natura sequor._ I follow the lead of Nature. HOLYOKE.
_Ducit amor patriae._ Love of country leads me. PHILLIPS.
_Dum clarum teneam._ While I hold to glory. PENN.
This is not the complete motto of the family of Penn of Stoke
Pogis; it should be, _Dum clarum rectum taneam_, which means, While
I hold to glory let me hold to right.
_Dum spiro spero._ While I breathe I hope. AUCHMUTY. MORRISON.
SWAN.
_Dum vivimus vivamus._ While we live let us live. PORCELLIAN
SOCIETY LIBRARY.
_E parvis oriuntur magna._ From small things great arise. BROTHERS
IN UNITY.
_E pluribus unum._ One from many. GUILFORD LIBRARY. MCKELDEN. U. S.
ARMY. UNIDENTIFIED PLATE.
_Emollit mores._ She civilizes. NEW YORK SOCIETY LIBRARY.
_En dat Virginia quartam._ Behold Virginia furnishes her fourth.
VIRGINIA COUNCIL CHAMBER.
_En Dieu est tout._ In God is everything. CONNOLLY. WENTWORTH.
_En espérance je vie._ I live in hope. BROWN.
_Ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem._ With the sword he
strives for calm quiet under the reign of liberty. MASS. LIBRARY OF
THE GENERAL COURT.
_Esse et videri._ To be and to seem to be. DUER.
_Esse potius quam habere._ To be rather than to have. MINTURN.
_Esse quam videri._ To be rather than to seem. ARCHDEACON. DUER.
FENDALL. TYNG. WHITE.
_Et mea messis erit._ And mine will be the harvest. DENNY.
_Et si ostendo non jacta._ Altho’ I show, tell it not abroad.
OGDEN.
_Ex candore decus._ Honor from sincerity. MARSHALL.
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