A shield, edged with leafing, and divided into two halves. Each half presents a gules field divided by an argent bend with three waterfowl upon it. In the upper right hand is the head of a unicorn. At the helm, surrounded by fancy leafing, is a knight's helmet. At the crest, atop a torse, is the head of a unicorn adorned with droplets. Beneath the shield are two medals that hang from ribbons. In front of these is a long banner with the motto Persevero Donec Vincam.
Subject (Name):
Marsden, Alexander (Alexander Edwin), 1832-1902
Subject (Topic):
Armorial, Armorial bookplates,, Birds, Helmet, Physicians, Shield, Shields, and Unicorn
A shield, divided into two vertical halves. The left half, with a field further divided into two designs (Gules and Azure), features a chevron Argent with five ermine spots. Surrounding this are three scallop shells; two above, one below. The right half contains, against a field Argent, a chevron Sable with three scallop shells upon it. Surrounding this are three trefoils; two above, one below. At the top of the half is a single crescent. The shield itself is edged in leafing; at the crest, upon a torse, is a lion passant. Below the shield is the motto Virtute et Labore.
Subject (Name):
McClintock, Alfred H. (Alfred Henry), 1821-1881
Subject (Topic):
Armorial, Armorial bookplates, Cross, Dragon, Physicians, Shells, Shield, and Shields
The ruins of an ancient temple. Surrounding the plate is written Etenim Omnes Artes Quae ad Humanitatem Pertinent Habent Quasi Commune Vinculum et Cognatione Quadam Inter se Continentur.
A shield, parted per fess, gules and argent, with a lion rampant on the left, and a maunch with a fleur-de-lis on the right. At the helm is a knight's helmet, backed by elaborate leafing. At the crest, atop a torse, is a large baguette with two entwined snakes in the center. Below the shield, upon a long banner, is the motto Sit Ordo in Omnibus.
Subject (Name):
Master, Alfred, 1883-1978
Subject (Topic):
Armorial, Birds, Fleur-de-lis, Helmet, Lions, Shield, Shields, and Snakes
Drawing of an engraved patera, or shallow libation bowl. This object was part of the collection which Conyers Middleton acquired in Rome in 1723-4 and sold to Horace Walpole in 1744
Description:
Title from index on signature A of volume., Publication information from that of the volume in which the plate appears., Plate from: Middleton, C. Germana quaedam antiquitatis eruditae monumenta ... Londini : Apud R. Manby et H.S. Cox ..., 1745., "Ex aere" etched in lower part of plate, to the left of image., "Tab. XVI"--Upper right corner., Mounted on page 141 of Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 12., 1 print : etching on laid paper ; sheet 26.3 x 17.8 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins.
Drawing of an engraved patera, or shallow libation bowl. This object was part of the collection which Conyers Middleton acquired in Rome in 1723-4 and sold to Horace Walpole in 1744
Description:
Title from index on signature A of volume., Publication information from that of the volume in which the plate appears., Plate from: Middleton, C. Germana quaedam antiquitatis eruditae monumenta ... Londini : Apud R. Manby et H.S. Cox ..., 1745., "Ex aere" etched in lower part of plate, to the left of image., "Tab. XVI"--Upper right corner., Mounted on page 185 of Richard Bull's copiously extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 13., 1 print : etching on laid paper ; sheet 25.6 x 17 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and For further information, consult library staff.
A shield, itself edged with leafing, with an or field, and some blazoned sable barry of six. At the forefront is a lion rampant. At the helm, backed by more elaborate leafing of different shades, is a knights helmet. At the crest, atop a torse, is a demi lion gorged and a small crosslet fitchee in the forefront. Beneath the shield, upon a flowing banner, is the motto Fidus.
Subject (Name):
Mahood, Allan Edward
Subject (Topic):
Armorial, Dragon, Helmet, Lions, Physicians, Shield, and Shields
Americae pars sexta, sive, Historiae ab Hieronymo Be[n]zono Mediolane[n]se scriptae, sectio tertia
Image Count:
1
Subject (Geographic):
America --Early accounts to 1600, Canary Islands --Description and travel --Early works to 1800, Florida --History --Huguenot colony, 1562-1565, Peru --History --Conquest, 1522-1548, and Western Hemisphere --Maps --
Subject (Name):
Benzoni, Girolamo, b. 1519. Historia del Mondo Nuovo. Book 3. Latin and Bry, Theodor de, 1528-1598