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 cherub playing a lyre, at the center of a bookshelf surrounded by books and flowers. At the bottom is an area marked "No.", and space in which to write a number.
At center sits a woman and two cherubs on either side of her, one of which holds a caduceus. Surrounding this is a border of both oak and bay leaves. Beneath the image are several books, one opened.
Two nude children joining hands in front of a pillar, and holding up an oval reading Ex Libris. Above them is a large open book. Bookmarks on either side of the book show the bookplate's title text.
Surrounding the title text are a series of pictures—starting from the top left are the tablets featuring the ten commandments; then a large scallop shell alongside a few other snail shells on a beach; followed by a caduceus in the upper right-hand corner. Below is a drawing depicting Moses amongst the bulrushes.
A scene of a boy and a girl on a stone wall in front of a blossoming tree. In the upper right hand corner there is an image of a building with a steeple and two towers.
Subject (Name):
Jackson, Edith Banfield, 1895-1977
Subject (Topic):
Buildings, Children, Medical libraries, Nature, Physicians, Physicists, and Yale Medical Library
A naked child stands to the left of a large fountain catching water in his hand as it streams downward. On the right-hand side is a robed elderly man with a cane leaning over the fountain. At the top center of the fountain is a caduceus.
Subject (Name):
Backer, Marcus, 1896-
Subject (Topic):
Caduceus, Children, Fountains, Physicians, and Radiologists
Two babies, a male and female, each with a hand wrapped around a caduceus, bearing a banner with Dr. Samuel's name above. Below is a cartoon heart with a pair of forceps and a syringe within.
Subject (Name):
Radbill, Samuel X., 1901-1987
Subject (Topic):
Bookplate collectors, Children, Medical colleges, Pediatricians, and Physicians