Armorial. Jacobean. A very handsome plate indeed, engraved in an excellent manner. The shield is set against a diapered background, and the ornamental moulding of the side is lined with shell-work; the shield rests upon an upturned shell, and two eagles have alighted upon the upper arms. The motto, _Bono vince malum_, is given upon a ribbon under the frame, and there is no curtain or scroll to receive the inscription, which is engraved plainly in three lines beneath all. 255. ELLISTON. _Robert Elliston Gent. Comptrolr. of his Majestie’s Customs of New York in America._ This is very similar to the preceding, but is a trifle larger, and in some respects superior. As before, the shield is placed within the enfolding arms of a Jacobean frame, but the diapered pattern is succeeded by an all-over shell pattern, and a grinning canephoros head supports the shield. On a ribbon above the crest the date is given, _M.DCC.XXV_. The motto, _Bono vince malum_, as before, is on its ribbon under the frame. Again the usual curtain is omitted and the inscription is engraved in three lines below all, with a little more attention to grammatical marks, and in bolder type. The eagles have disappeared. The copy before me has the following in handwriting:--_His gift to the library of St. Georges’ Ch: in ... Queens County province of New York. 1730._ Illustrated in “Curio,” page 65. 256. EMERSON. _William Emerson._ Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. The work looks very much like Callender’s. Motto, _Fidem servabo_. Father of Ralph Waldo Emerson. 257. ERASMUS HALL. _Erasmus Hall Library._ Allegorical. Signed, _Maverick Sculpt New York_. The plate is divided into two sections: the upper one is enclosed within a circular frame, and contains the allegorical picture. Diana is seen in the foreground directing the attention of a youth to the glories revealed upon the heights above them. Two temples are seen which bear dedications to Fame and to Virtue. Surrounded by clouds the angel of Fame is even now appearing above her sacred fane. The implements of study are at the foot of the youth, and under this scene are the words, FORTITER! ASCENDE. The lower part of the design is simply a wreath enclosing the name. The Erasmus Hall Library belonged to an Academy which was founded at Flatbush, L.I., in 1786. 258. ERVING. _William Erving. Esqr._ Plain armorial. Mottoes, _Quo fata vocant_, and _Flourish in all weathers_. Signed, _Callender Sct._ Undoubtedly of the Boston family of Loyalists. 259. ERVING. (Anonymous.) Plain armorial. Quartering, “Ar. an eagle displayed sa. within a border invected of the last.” The first and third quarters are the Irvine arms. [Illustration] 260. EUSTACE. _Colonel John Skey Eustace, State of New York._