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
468. KNOX. _William George Knox. Trinidad._ Plain armorial. Motto,
_Moreo et proficio_.
469. L. _Ex Libris L._
Armorial. The shield is enclosed within a large letter L, a French crown
surmounts it, and on a ribbon at the foot is seen _Joe L--_. Signed, _P.
Riera_. Of South Carolina.
470. LADD. _Ladd._
Armorial. Chippendale; rough. No motto, the name occupying the
motto-ribbon. Signed, _S. Felwell. Sculpt._ Of New Hampshire.
471. LAMB. _John Lamb._
Armorial. A gallant soldier of the Revolution.
472. LARDNER. _Lynford Lardner._
Armorial. Pictorial. Landscape. The shield rests against the bole of an
oak, and around it are sparse bushes and grass. Motto, _Mediocria
firma_. Of Philadelphia. Probably the grandson of the Provincial
Councillor.
473. LAURENS. _Edward R. Laurens._
Armorial. Belongs to no particular style. The shield is highly
ornamented with scrolls and flowers. Motto, _What is, is best_. Signed,
_Stout del et Sculpsit_. Of South Carolina.
474. LAWRENCE. _J. Tharp Lawrence._ Plain armorial. Motto, _In cruce
salus_. An ermine mantle behind the shield.
475. LEAVENWORTH. _Capt. Gideon Leavenworth._
Armorial. Jacobean. No motto, the name on the motto-ribbon. Very crude
work, resembling the Elijah Backus plate.
476. LEE. Armorial. Of Virginia. (Richard Henry Lee?)
477. LEE. _Edward Lee. Esqr._
Plain armorial. No motto, the name occupying the motto-ribbon. Of
Virginia.
478. LEE. _Cpt. John Lee._ A crude name-label, with a border suggestive
of nothing. Signed, _S. Mcintire_.
479. LEE. _Philip Ludwell Lee, Esqr of the Inner Temple_ LONDON.
Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Non incautus futuri_. Of Virginia.
480. LEIPER. Armorial. Of Virginia.
481. LENTHALL. _John Lenthall._
Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto-ribbon empty. Signed, _Thackara_. A
large plate, the only signed specimen of this engraver’s work. Very
probably the plate of John Lenthall, an Englishman employed by Latrobe
on the public buildings at Washington, and a very valuable architect.
482. LENOX. _David Lenox. Philadelphia._
Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Auctor pretiosa facit_.
483. LENOX. _James Lenox._ Plain armorial. Motto, _Auctor pretiosa
facit_. The founder of the Lenox Library, New York City.
484. LEWIS. _Joseph S. Lewis._ Literary. No motto. Four large books in
an impossible position; the topmost one has the name engraved upon the
side; an ink-pot and two quills, with a sprig of holly, complete the
ornamentation. A prominent merchant of Philadelphia seventy-five years
ago.
485. LEWIS. _Mordecai Lewis. No._ A very handsomely engraved name-label.
A frame of Chippendale gracefulness surrounds the name. A canephoros
head of pleasant expression appears in the lower edge. A Philadelphia
merchant. Born, 1784; died, 1851.
486. LEWIS. _Morgan Lewis Esqr._
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