A man, woman, and child with a ram beneath a tree with a snake coiled around it. The scene surrounded by a oval frame. There are torches flanking the image, which in part make up a rectangular border. The phrase Servat et Docet is above the oval frame, and below it reads Fundata MDCCCLXXV. A motto: Fundata MDCCCLLXXV. Beneath is a box indicating Ex Dono, and a space to write a name.
Subject (Name):
Boston Medical Library and Yale University. School of Medicine
Subject (Topic):
Children, Heraldic bookplates, Medical libraries, Nature, Snakes, and Torches
A red sun-like shape with a dial at the center and a fleur-de-lis on top is at the top center of this bookplate. A three-lined red square border surrounds this and the text beneath. This library was founded by Bern Dibner in 1941 and contains books on the History of Science. After Dibner's death in 1988, the collection was divided between the Smithsonian, MIT, and the Huntington.
Subject (Name):
Burndy Library, Dibner, Bern, b. 1897, and Yale School of Medicine