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
238. DUNCAN. _James H. Duncan._
Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Disce pati_. Very crude work.
239. DUNKIN. _Robert Henry Dunkin._
Armorial. Motto, _Disce pati_. Signed, _I. H._ (Hutt.) Of Philadelphia.
240. DUNNING. _Charles E. Dunning._
Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Semper paratus_. Foliage, roses and a
griffin in the ornamentation.
241. DUNNING. _Charles S. Dunning._
Armorial. Impaling Wijnkoop. Chippendale. (Late.) Motto, _Semper
paratus_. More elaborate design than the above.
242. DURAND. _John Durand. Esqr._
Armorial. Chippendale. Very fine. Presumably by the brother of Asher B.
Durand, who was a fine engraver. A medallion beneath the shield shows
cupids in a corn-field.
243. DUVALL. _E Bibliotheca Gabrielis Duvall. A.D. 1778._
The name printed from type within a woodcut border, in which thirteen
stars form a patriotic allusion. Signed, _T. S._ (Sparrow.) Of Huguenot
descent. Born in Maryland, 1752. Jurist and Federal officer.
244. DYCKMAN. _Dyckman._
Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. The crossed branches are under the shield,
and its edge is embellished with close festooning. _J. G._ written
before the name. Motto, _Zyt bestindig_. Illustrated in “Art Amateur,”
April, 1894.
245. DYCKMAN. _States Morris Dyckman._
Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Zyt bestendig_.
246. EAST WINDSOR. _Miscellaneous Literary Association, East Windsor._
Allegorical. Minerva in repose. A Greek mask near by.
247. EDWARDS. _Bryan Edwards Esqr. Greenwich Park, Jamaica._
Armorial. Chippendale. Very ornate. Motto, _Nosce te ipsum_. Signed,
_Ashby Sculp, Russel Court, London_. Historian, and wealthy merchant in
Jamaica.
248. EDWARDS. _Charles Edwards._
Plain armorial. Motto, _The North against the World_. Lawyer and author
of New York. Born in 1797.
249. EDWARDS. _Isaac Edwards. North Carolina._
Armorial.
250. ELAM. _Samuel Elam. Rhode Island._
Armorial. Pictorial. A bit of landscape is introduced, and the shield
hangs from a ring around the bole of a shattered oak. A very pretty
design and well engraved, reminding one somewhat of the book-plates by
Bewick.
251. ELIOT. _William H. Eliot._
Armorial. Crest only, within an oval garter on which is given the motto,
_Non nobis solum_.
252. ELLERY. _Benjamin Ellery._
Armorial. Chippendale. No motto. Of New York. The same plate is found
bearing the name Harrison Ellery.
253. ELLIOTT. _Barnard Elliott._
Plain armorial. Colonel in the Revolution. Signed, _P. R. Maverick_.
254. ELLISTON. _Robert Elliston Gent. Comptrolr. of his Majesties
Customs of New York in America._
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