A bend, speckled in design and featuring seven ermine spots, is at the foreground of several counter-changed bars. At the top of the shield is a chief featuring the head and neck of a dragon flanked by a pair of annulets. At the crest, atop a torse, are the entwined heads and necks of two dragons. Below is the motto Labore et Perseverantia. Additionally, a note with the bookplate states that Laing was Physician to George IV.
Subject (Name):
Knighton, William
Subject (Topic):
Armorial bookplates, Dragon, Physicians, Shield, and Shields
A shield, with an or chief featuring at center an argent crosslet. Below, against a sable field, is a pelican tending to a smaller bird beneath it. At the helm is a crown with an eagle rising from it, and a crosslet fitchee in its beak. Beneath the shield, upon a long banner, is the motto Sola Juvat Virtus.
Subject (Name):
Madden, William
Subject (Topic):
Armorial, Armorial bookplates, Birds, Cross, Crown, Physicians, Shield, and Shields
A coat of arms divided diagonally, the lower half of which is solid. The upper portion contains half a cog with additional design. Above is a complete cog within a large plume of feathers. Beneath is the motto Virtute.
A coat of arms divided into quadrants, then further divided within those quadrants. Cinquefoils, spearheads, and hunting horns are among the objects and symbols featured within the field. At the helm is a knight's helmet; at the crest, upon a torse, is a stag. A cape flows behind the shield. Above is the motto Cavendo Tutus.
Subject (Name):
Hardwicke, William Wright
Subject (Topic):
Armorial, Armorial bookplates,, Physicians, Shields, and stag
A coat of arms divided into two halves with three stars above the divide and one below. At the helm is a horse, with a garland of flowers above the crest. Below is the motto Liberabit Veritas.
Subject (Name):
Blackburne, William, 1755-1835
Subject (Topic):
Armorial, Bacteria, Heraldic bookplates, Horse, Physicians, Shield, and Shields
A coat of arms with a checkerboard patter through much of the crest, and three crosses above. A lion is at the helm. Below is the motto Soli Deo Gloria.
Subject (Name):
Burges, Ynyr
Subject (Topic):
Amorial, Cross, Heraldic bookplates, Lions, Shield, and Shields
A shield divided into quarters—the first and fourth quarter each feature, upon an azure field, are two or fess. Over this is a bend counter-compony. The second and third quarters, also upon an azure field, are each divided by an or chevron, with an anchor upon it. Surrounding the chevron are three or lozenges; two above, one below. At the helm, to the left, atop a torse is a muzzled bear passant; to the right, atop a torse, is a demi horse with a fleur-de-lis upon it. Below the shield, upon a ribbon, is the motto Verum Atque Decens.