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
Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Beata
Domus, Custodita Sic Cuja Deo Domino Est_.
The shield, with its motto-ribbon and flowery
ornamentation, seems to be held up by the winged
female who grasps the portcullis of the crest.
Below the shield a patch of ground is strewn with
books and writing material. A dwarfed weeping
willow bends mournfully at the left. Signed on an
unrolled sheet of paper, _Maverick Scp._ Was a
prisoner in a sugar-house in New York during the
Revolutionary War, which suggested the crest; he
had no right to the arms.
103. BRAZER. _John Brazer._
Plain armorial. Shaded mantling. Motto, _Try_.
Of Salem, Mass.
104. BREARLY. _David Brearly._
Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Honor
virtutis praemium_. A large plate; attributed to
Vallance. Jurist, of Trenton, N.J. A brave officer
in the Revolution.
105. BRIDGEN. _Charles Bridgen._
Plain armorial. Motto, _Probitate et industria_.
This plate is not signed, but it is very probably the
work of Maverick.
106. BRIMAGE. _William Brimage._
Plain armorial. Impaling Gilbert. Arms closely
surrounded by a garter on which the name appears.
Motto below, _Deus dux certus_. Of Virginia.
107. BRISBANE. _William Brisbane._
Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Dabit
otia Deus_.
108. BROOKS. _Benjamin S. Brooks._
Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Sustinere_.
Signed, _A. D._ (Amos Doolittle).
109. BROWN. _David Paul Brown._
Plain armorial. Motto, _Patria cara_, _carior libertas_.
Signed, _C. P. H. St._ Lawyer, of Philadelphia.
110. BROWN. _The Property of Jacob Brown._
Pictorial. The interior of a library is depicted,
within an oval frame which is ornamented above
with a ribbon and a spray of holly; the name is
given on the fluttering ends of the ribbon. The
central portion of the library is occupied by a
couch, covered with striped cloth, on which a
youth, dressed in the height of the fashion,
reclines; a book is laid upon the convenient corner
of the table, and he is reading from this; behind
him the shelves of books are seen partly covered
by a curtain; through the window are seen the
nodding pines; the carpet is adorned with thirteen
stars. The following lines are given below the
frame:--
_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._
Signed, _Engrd. by P. R. Maverick 65 Liberty Street_. As the name _Jacob
Brown_ is not engraved, but is printed by hand, it is quite likely that
this plate was for promiscuous use; either to be filled up with the name
of any who ordered it, or to be pasted in the books sold by some
bookseller.
111. BROWN. _John Carter Brown._ Crest only. Motto, _Gaudeo_.
112. BROWN. _Thomas Brown._
Armorial. Arms, ... on a chevron, between three leopards’ heads
cabossed, or as many escallops.... Crest, an eagle’s head erased or.
Motto, _En espérance je vie_. Signed by Hurd.
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