At center is a small home surrounded by trees. Above this are the seals of both the University of Pennsylvania and the Masons, separated by a caduceus. The phrases Per Angusta and AD Augusta are printed in ribbons above the seals.
Subject (Name):
Egbert, Joseph C. and Yale School of Medicine
Subject (Topic):
Books, Nature, Physicians, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Snake, and Time
In between two columns and large flaming lanterns is an image of the Earth. Behind this is a starry and partly cloudy sky with a full moon. At the center is an open book with the quote "'May blessings be upon the head of Cadmus the Phoenicians or whoever it was that invented books.' Carlyle". Beneath the entire image, in blue ink, is the signature of Joseph Cort. Cort received a PhD from Yale in 1951.
A man draped in cloth is seated on a coat of arms. He wears a mortar board on his head and holds a caduceus. There is a ship on the left; a skull, and a few books and papers at his feet.
Subject (Name):
Bishop, Louis FaugeÃÄres, 1864-1941 and Yale School of Medicine
At the top, a nude man holding a skull in front of shelves of books. Surrounding this are several masques. In the center is the image of a building standing against a cloudy sky. Further below is the bust with nymphs and a globe. In the lover right-hand corner is another nude man with a scroll sitting upon a pile of books.
Subject (Name):
Fishbein, Morris, 1889-1976 and Yale School of Medicine
Looking through a window, there is a sitting woman, holding a branch, with her hand on a book. On the table beneath her is a heart in a glass case, a candle, an hourglass and an open book. Beneath the image is the phrase Forever wilt thou love and she be fair.
Subject (Name):
Shaftel, Norman
Subject (Topic):
Bookplate collectors, Books, Candles, Heart, Medical historians, Physicians, Time, and Woman
A microscope and a shelf full of books, with an open book in the forefront, are at the center of this plate. Above, surrounded by elaborate design, are two swords crossed with a lion supporting a cross at the center. Within this design is the motto Forte et Fidele.
Subject (Name):
Coutant, Richard B.
Subject (Topic):
Animals, Armorial bookplates, Books, Cross, Lion, Physicians, and Sword
A man and a winged woman, both nude, with an oval between them with a large caduceus in the center. At the top are seals of three universities: The University of Maryland, Johns Hopkins, and Fordham. At the bottom are various sketches of books, pens, skulls, a lamp, etc..
Subject (Name):
Seliger, Robert V. (Robert Victor), b. 1900
Subject (Topic):
Books, Medical historians, Seal, Snakes, and Woman
At the center of the bookplate, seven distinguished individuals are featured, with a laurel wreath surrounding the portrait. A caduceus and a quill pen intersect with each other in the background. Beneath the image is an open book; above is the motto Vita humana est sacra.
Subject (Name):
Zakon, Samuel J.
Subject (Topic):
Books, Pens, Physicians, Portraits, Snakes, and Sword
A Greek fret borders this bookplate that depicts a large, open room at the top, and a sacred flame upon an altar at center. The lower third contains text, which reads: "The Book Destroyed Architecture." "All mankind are on the scaffolding, every mind is a mason. The humblest stops up his hole or lays his stone. Every day a fresh course is laid." --Victor Hugo "Keep bright the sacred fire of education my children!" --Samuel W. French A.B.-M.D.