Artist/Designer
Oscar Taylor Blackburn
Preview
Commissioned for
Howard Ives McMillan and Mabel Langdon
Signed
No
Description
A pictorial bookplate on light sepia tinted paper with black ink for Howard Ives McMillan and Mabel Langdon. "Ex-Libris" is used to show who the book owner is. The names are in the middle of the bookplate bordered in a circle. Above the names is a small open book that says "Ex libris" and below the names is an oil lamp that is lit on both ends. On the left and right of the names are flowers. These illustrations are in a square shape and in the border ir says "A jolly goode booke where to look is better to me than gold."
Condition
Affixed on card stock
Bookplate Function
Ownership
Object Type
Bookplate
Bookplate Type
Pictorial
Language
English and Latin
Date or Era
20th Century
Object Size
2.625 x 2 in
Bookplate Collection Number
BA090
Subject
Bookplate designers
Subject
Bookplates--Specimens
Subject
Books—Owners’ marks
Part of
Bookplate Collection of Christine Price
Donor
Christine Price
Digital Publisher
Copley Library, University of San Diego
Date Digitized
A pictorial bookplate on light sepia tinted paper with black ink for Howard Ives McMillan and Mabel Langdon. "Ex-Libris" is used to show who the book owner is. The names are in the middle of the bookplate bordered in a circle. Above the names is a small open book that says "Ex libris" and below the names is an oil lamp that is lit on both ends. On the left and right of the names are flowers. These illustrations are in a square shape and in the border ir says "A jolly goode booke where to look is better to me than gold."
Image Format
image/jpeg
Image File Size
197 KB
Image File Location
S:\Bookplates\Blackburn, Oscar Taylor\TIF Images\BA090.tif
Repository
Special Collections, Copley Library, University of San Diego
Copyright
Images provided for research and reference use only. For more information please contact the University Archives/ Special Collections Department, Copley Library, University of San Diego.
Digital USD Citation
"Bookplate with a simple design with flowers and an oil lamp" (2024). Bookplates by Oscar Taylor Blackburn. Image 10.
https://digital.sandiego.edu/bookplates-artists-blackburn/10