At the top, beneath the title text, is the seal for the University of Aberdeen, with the phrase Initium Sapientiæ Timor Domini. Under the seal can be seen various plants, as well as another crest. Beneath this crest, written on a dark ribbon, is the phrase Ducit Amor Patriæ. Beneath the plate's image is a blank rectangle with room in which to write.
Subject (Name):
Phillips Library of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of Aberdeen
Subject (Topic):
Crown, Libraries, Lion, Medical colleges, Medical libraries, Nature, Plants, Shield, and Shields
Title from item., In margin lower left: Dairy Council, Posture 7., Date derived from clothing styles depicted., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
Dairy Council
Subject (Topic):
Posture, Milk in human nutrition, Young adults, Reading, and Libraries
Beneath the title text are lines in which text is written. For "Class" there is an "S"; for "No." there is "17."; and for Donor there is written "A. Van der Veer."
College of Physicians and Surgeons Quine Library Yale University. School of Medicine
Collection Title:
Bookplate Collection
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
A portrait of Dr. Quine, physician in a rectangular border of flowers and leaves with the title of the college below. At the top, an open book on which is written "This plate the gift of the class of 1907". At bottom, reads Medicamenti Mentis.
"Interior of the library of the Royal Institution; members searching for books on shelves and on gallery, others reading at large green tables or by the windows; a group of four men stand in conversion in centre of room."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate numbered in upper right, above image: Plate 68., Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 3, opposite page 32., and Watermark: J. Whatman 1809 W. Balston.
Publisher:
Pub. 1st May 1809 at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), England, and London.
Subject (Name):
Royal Institution of Great Britain.
Subject (Topic):
Libraries, Interiors, Reading, Bookcases, and Globes
Portrait showing Susanna Oakes, who ran the circulating library at Ashbourne from about 1795 until 1801, seated in a ladder-back chair with a backdrop of shelved books. She is seated beside an occasional table, her quill pen within reach, in an attitude of contemplative thought. Her left arm is clearly seen to have a muscle wasting disease, and a cane resting against the chair confirms some form of disability
Description:
Title from item., Publication information based on that of the book for which this is a frontispiece., and Frontispiece from: Oakes, Susanna. The rules of the forest in three volumes ... Derby : Printed by J. Drewry, [1802].
Publisher:
J. Drewry
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Topic):
Libraries, Librarians, Libraries (Rooms & spaces), and People with disabilities
With the title text at the center, a leafy garland envelopes the lower half of the text. Above are two cornucopias with the Freemason's symbol at center.
A decorative border surrounds the bookplate's text. At center is a crest with an open book featuring the phrase Sapientia Legendo. Beneath this are three argent waves. Within the bottom half of the plate is text, which reads "A gift in memory of Harvey Cushing of the Class of 1891 Yale College/ A trustee of the library 1926-1933"
Subject (Name):
Cushing, Harvey, 1869-1939 and Public Library of Brookline
Subject (Topic):
Books, Libraries, Neurosurgeons, Shield, and Shields
