Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Two mottoes, _Vive ut vivas_, and _Meus in arduis aequa_. Of Philadelphia, and mentioned in Boswell’s “Life of Dr. Johnson.” 3. ADAMS. _John Adams._ Armorial. The Boylston arms. The shield surrounded by a garter on which the motto is given,--_Libertatem amicitiam retenebis et fidem_. The whole design surrounded by thirteen stars. Second President of the United States. 4. ADAMS. _John Quincy Adams._ Simply the name rudely engraved and surrounded by a narrow line. Probably the first of the J. Q. A. book-plates. Sixth President of the United States. 5. ADAMS. _John Quincy Adams._ Armorial. Boylston arms. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto-ribbon empty. 6. ADAMS. _John Quincy Adams._ Armorial. The Boylston arms; the shield enclosed within a garter, on which the motto appears,--_Fidem--Libertatem--Amicitiam_. 7. ADAMS. _John Quincy Adams._ Armorial. The shield is quartered, and bears in the first quarter a curious specimen of home-made heraldry. The ancestors of the President bore no arms, and in their place appears a stag standing at gaze before a pine tree, while below in the water a fish, probably a cod, is swimming; the whole design surrounded with thirteen stars. This was his own invention. The other quarters bear the Smith, Quincy, and Boylston arms. The whole shield is surrounded by a garter bearing the motto _Fidem, Libertatem, Amicitiam retinebis_. From “Tacitus.” 8. AGAR. _Property, Lydia Agar. 1806._ Pictorial. An eagle bears a broad ribbon, on which the word _property_ is given; an oval frame encloses what resembles a row of eggs. 9. AGNEW. _James Agnew, Esq._ Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Consilio non impetu_. Attributed to Maverick. 10. AITKIN. _Robert Aitkin._ Simple name label: the printer of the “Aitkin Bible.” Philadelphia, 1782. The first American edition. 11. ALBANY. _Albany Society Library. 1759._ A peculiar plate something in the shape of the figure 8, with intertwining foliations above and at the sides. The upper part of the frame is the larger, and contains a spirited illustration of an Indian in ambush aiming an arrow at a leaping fox. On the frame surrounding this is the motto, _May concord prevail and the undertakeing prosper_. In the lower and smaller part is depicted a prim man, bewigged and ruffled, with an open book in his hand; presumably a patron of the Library. Very little can be learned concerning this early Library. It was probably interrupted by the Revolution. Some of its books are in the New York State Library. 12. ALLAN. _John Allan._ Pictorial. An open book, across the pages of which is printed the name of the owner. Behind all an anchor. This is the plate of the old book collector of New York City. 13. ALLEN. _John Allen._