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. No motto. Taken from a book containing the
autograph of the owner, with the date, Aug. 28, 1768, and the residence
given as Hartford.
347. HARRIS. _Alexander Harris, Architect, Boston._
An engraved label.
348. HARISON. _Richard Harison. Esqr._
Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Nec te quaesiveris extra_. A large plate,
very pretty in appearance, but strange in the tincture of the arms. Of
New York.
349. HARRISON. _Rich’d. Harrison._
Crest only. Motto, _Nec te quaesiveris extra_. A lambrequin looped up
with cord and fasteners above. Signed, _Rollinson Sculpt._ Presumably
belonging to the same owner as the last.
350. HARTFORD. _Hartford Library Company._
An engraved name-label; the name within an oval frame, with a festoon of
roses about it, and sprays of palm crossed beneath. Now the Hartford
Public Library.
351. HARVARD. _Sigill: Coll: Harvard: Cantab: Nov: Angl: 1650._
Armorial. Signed, _N. Hurd Sculp._ Motto, _Christo et ecclesia_. The
design is in the form of a seal, and is enclosed within branches of
holly. Above all a ribbon bears the words, _Detur digniori_, showing the
use and purpose of the plate to have been for insertion in books
presented as prizes to the students. This is the earliest of the Harvard
plates.
352. HARVARD. _Sigill: Coll: Harvard: Cantab: Nov: Angl: 1650._
Armorial. The arms of the college enclosed within a double circle which
bears the inscription. The motto, _Christo et ecclesia_, is just inside
the border. The framework is embellished with a profusion of fruit and
flowers; in the place of the crest, a pile of three books with the sun
in splendor above them;
[Illustration: Richard Harison Esq^{r}.]
on each side of the books two slender vases standing upon an upward curl
of the ornamentation hold bouquets; below this whole design a gorgeous
curtain is spread out to contain the name of the giver of the book; this
is backed by a frame whose edge only is seen; this is elaborately
scrolled, and is finished at the bottom with the canephoros head and
shell pattern; two globes at the uppermost part, on either side,
complete the decoration. Signed, _N. Hurd Boston_. Several plates are
known very similar to this, but having different names upon the curtain.
One of them has simply the words _Ex Dono_, with the curtain left blank
for the writing of the giver’s name. Others have the name of donors of
quantities of books engraved upon the curtain; among these are,
_Hancock_ and _Thorndike_.
353. HARVARD. _Sigill: Coll: Harvard: Cantab: Nov: Angl:
1650._
A very close copy of the above in all particulars;
indeed, a fac-simile of it. Signed, _A. Bowen_. On
some of them appear the name of _Shapleigh_, and
on others, _Ex Dono Samuelis A. Eliot_.
354. HARVARD. _Sigill: Coll: Harvard: Cantab: Nov: Angl:
1650._
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