A picture of a man sitting on a shelf with a book under his arm. A phrase creates the border, which reads Pace tua Vique Pictoris Buanorotti o Esai as Sit Hoc Factum. At the bottom: Anno dom MCMXVI.
Subject (Name):
Joslin, Elliott Proctor, 1869-1962 and Yale Medical Library
Subject (Topic):
Books, Medical libraries, Portraits, Snakes, and Yale Medical Library
An oval-shaped engraving of the plate owner, with George W. Mears, M.D. Memorial Medical Library Founded A.D. 1900 surrounding the image. Below is the motto Justum et Tenacem Propositi Virum.
Subject (Name):
Fineken, James M. and Mears, George W.
Subject (Topic):
Medical colleges, Medical historians, Medical libraries, and Portraits
A coat of arms featuring a fruit tree debruised by a fess with three spotted roundels. At the helm, surrounded by mantling much larger than the shield, is a knight's helmet. A flaming heart atop a torse is at the crest. Beneath the shield are two large cornucopias; at the top is the motto Ex Corde Charitas.
Subject (Name):
George Watson's Hospital Library and Watson, George
Subject (Topic):
Armorial bookplates, Heart, Helmet, Hospitals, Medical libraries, and Nature
A shield, with an Or chief above a sable field divided by an argent chevron. Two roses are featured in the top half; one below. Beneath the shield, upon a large banner, is the motto Nuncia Pacis Oliva. Surrounding the image, the title text, and an area notating "Gift Of" is a decorative background.
Subject (Name):
Mayo Clinic Library
Subject (Topic):
Hospitals, Libraries, Medical libraries, Shield, and Shields
At the top of the bookplate is a bench with several books piled on top. At the forefront, surrounded by a wreath of olive branches, is the insignia for Yale University, including the Yale coat of arms and the motto Lux et Veritas. In the border surrounding the shield is written Sigill : Coll : Yalen : Nov : Port : Nov : Ang. Further below the title text is written from the fund established in 1926 by his father, Warren Austin Adams, Yale 1886.
Subject (Name):
Adams, Henry, Adams, W. A. (Warren Austin), 1861-, and Yale University Library
Subject (Topic):
Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library and Medical libraries