An open cabinet filled with books. There is an hourglass on each of the cabinet's doors. Above the cabinet is the quote "The historian's one task is to tell the thing as it happened." -Lucian. Beneath is an insignia in which two hands are holding a caduceus.
Subject (Name):
Robinson, Victor Froben, 1886-1947
Subject (Topic):
Books, Medical historians, Physicians, Snakes, and Time
A stock bookplate—in the center of a border of wavy designs, dolphins, compasses, and tridents there is the silhouette of a large, tri-masted vessel on the high seas beneath a partly cloudy sky. Above the vessel is the phrase There is no frigate like a book, To bear us lands away! At the base of the plate is a small bookshelf.
A coat of arms divided into two portions. The left-hand side is further divided by a large diagonal band with three geese featured upon it. Two balls are in the upper, right-handed portion; one ball in the lower, left-handed portion. The right-hand side, also divided, has three crowns in the upper portion, and a lion with a battle axe in the larger, lower portion. Above the crest is a fourth goose. Below is the motto Animo Venustate que Delecto.
Subject (Name):
Clarke, W. B., 1798-1878
Subject (Topic):
Armorial, Armorial bookplates, Birds, Crown, Lion, Physicians, Shield, and Shields
A coat of arms, divided into fours, with numerous stars weaponry, birds, and heads of stag within. Above the shield is a stag with a branch in its mouth. The shield is surrounded by mantling and assorted flora. Beneath this is a motto, which reads Deo Regi Vicino.
Subject (Name):
Baylies, W.
Subject (Topic):
Animals, Armorial, Armorial bookplates, Physicians, Shield, Shields, and Star
A coat of arms divided into fours by a large X-like shape. In the upper angle is a crescent. Above the shield is the head of a leopard. Beneath the image is the motto In Servi Deo Et Laetare.
Subject (Name):
Beilby, William, 1740-1819
Subject (Topic):
Armorial, Heraldic bookplates, Nature, Physicians, Shield, and Shields