As a designer and engraver of book-plates, Maverick was the most prolific of all the early engravers. It is presumed that all the plates signed either P. R. Maverick, or simply Maverick, were by the same hand, as a large collection of [Illustration] _Weigh well each thought, each sentence freely scan, In Reason’s balance try the works of man: Be bias’d not by those who praise or blame. Nor, Servile, Yield opinion to a Name._ proofs from his plates which furnishes examples of both ways of signing is now in the possession of the New York Historical Society, and the librarian informs me that all of the plates in that collection were done in 1789 by the elder Maverick. This collection consists of sixty-five plates, of which thirty-eight different ones are signed by Maverick. There are also others which are undoubtedly his work, although not signed, and there are examples by Dawkins, Hutt, and Child. Quite a number of the plates are duplicated, too. This very interesting collection of proofs, kept by Maverick himself, and sewed together roughly, was in the library of his friend, John Allan. By far the greater part of Maverick’s plates are of the Ribbon and Wreath style, but he made a few Jacobeans, a few Chippendales, and one or two pictorial and allegorical designs. He used the same features over and over in his plates, and seems to have been a rapid worker. The plates in the following list marked * are by the younger Maverick. A LIST OF BOOK-PLATES SIGNED BY MAVERICK. Anonymous Plain armorial. Anonymous (Jacob Brown) Pictorial. Flamen Ball Ribbon and Wreath. Abraham Bancker Pictorial. Absalom Blackley Ribbon and Wreath. Philip Brasher Ribbon and Wreath. *Epaphroditus Champion, Jr. Plain armorial. De Witt Clinton Ribbon and Wreath. William Cock Ribbon and Wreath. James S. Cutting Ribbon and Wreath. William Cutting Ribbon and Wreath. John Cuyler Ribbon and Wreath. Frederick De Peyster Plain armorial. Barnard Elliott Plain armorial. Erasmus Hall Library Allegorical. Ebenezer Foot Ribbon and Wreath. [Illustration: Abraham Bancker]