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, _Quod fieri non vis alteri ne
fueris_. Signed, _Maverick Sculpt._ The tinctures in the crest--which
looks like a leghorn--are indicated by the words, gules and or, engraved
outside, and connected with the parts thus tinctured by dotted lines,--a
new method. Of New York. Illustrated in “Art Amateur,” March, 1894.
173. COFFIN. Coffin arms: name erased. Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath.
Motto, _Post tenebras speramus lumen de lumine_. Signed, _J. Akin
Sculp._ The name _N. W. Coffin_ is written upon the copy at hand. The
arms are of the family of Sir Isaac Coffin, who was born in Boston,
1759.
174. COFFIN. _Hector Coffin._
Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Exstant recte factus praemia_.
Signed, _J. Akin del. F. Kearny Sc._ Of Boston.
175. COFFIN. _John Coffin. 1771._
Armorial. A frame of Jacobean tendencies. Motto-ribbon empty. Of
Massachusetts.
176. COLDEN. _Cadwallader D. Colden._
Plain armorial. Motto, _Fais bien crains rien_. Mayor of New York City
in 1818. Friend and coadjutor of De Witt Clinton.
177. COLUMBIA COLLEGE. _Columbia College Library New York._
Allegorical. The scene is out-of-doors; a throne placed on rising ground
is occupied by the Goddess of Learning; the Shekinah blazes above and
the rising sun peeps over the horizon. Three little nude beginners in
learning stand before the Goddess, in whose hand an open book is
extended bearing the motto, Λογια Ζὡνζα. From her mouth a scroll issues
bearing in Hebrew the motto, אוריאר _Let there be light_. Beneath this
scene is the reference _I Pet. II I. 2 &c._ The name of the library
appears upon the circular frame which encloses the whole scene; the
motto, _In lumine tuo videbimus lumen_, follows the inner line of the
circle. Above, an urn is overfilled with the blossoms of knowledge,
while the background of the whole is a brick wall. Signed, _Anderson
sculp._
178. CONNECTICUT THEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE. _Theol. Institute of Con. 1833.
Presented by_
Pictorial. The representation is of a pulpit with winding stairs on
either side, and a very tall solemn-looking sounding-board behind it,
partially hid by a curtain. The front panel of the pulpit has the
following, ΚΗΡΥΣΣΟΜΕΝ ΧΡΙΣΤΟΝ ἙΣΤΑΥΡΩΜΕΝ.
179. CONNECTICUT THEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE. _Society of Inquiry. Theological
Institute of Connecticut._ Three book shelves disclosed by a drawn
curtain.
180. CONNOLLY. _Charles M. Connolly._
Armorial. Motto, _En Dieu est tout_. Signed, _J. G. Bolen, 104 B’way._
181. CONSTABLE. _William Constable._
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