Artist/Designer
Oscar Taylor Blackburn
Preview
Commissioned for
Leo John Madsen
Signed
No
Description
A pictorial bookplate on sepia tinted paper with black ink for Leo John Madsen. There is an illustration of a desk in front of bookshelves. On the table is a lamp, books, and papers. The illustration is framed in an oval. On the top of the oval are ribbon banners that say "One of the books of" with a skull in the middle. On the bottom of the oval are two medieval scientific tools. Above the skull on the left is Phi Delta Chi of the Harrison School of Pharmacy's crest with their motto in Latin "alterum alterius auxilio eget" which translates to "Each Needs the Help of the Other." On the left is a two headed eagle with a banner that says in Latin "Deus Meumque Jus" which is a masonic motto that can be translated as "God and My Moral Rightness." In between the crest and eagle is a caduceus, the medical symbol of two snakes coiled around a staff. On top of these illustrations is an hourglass that has angel-like wings.
Condition
Affixed on card stock
Bookplate Function
Ownership
Object Type
Bookplate
Bookplate Type
Pictorial
Language
English
Date or Era
20th Century
Object Size
3.625 x 2.5 in
Bookplate Collection Number
BA091
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 sepia tinted paper with black ink for Leo John Madsen. There is an illustration of a desk in front of bookshelves. On the table is a lamp, books, and papers. The illustration is framed in an oval. On the top of the oval are ribbon banners that say "One of the books of" with a skull in the middle. On the bottom of the oval are two medieval scientific tools. Above the skull on the left is Phi Delta Chi of the Harrison School of Pharmacy's crest with their motto in Latin "alterum alterius auxilio eget" which translates to "Each Needs the Help of the Other." On the left is a two headed eagle with a banner that says in Latin "Deus Meumque Jus" which is a masonic motto that can be translated as "God and My Moral Rightness." In between the crest and eagle is a caduceus, the medical symbol of two snakes coiled around a staff. On top of these illustrations is an hourglass that has angel-like wings.
Image Format
image/jpeg
Image File Size
363 KB
Image File Location
S:\Bookplates\Blackburn, Oscar Taylor\TIF Images\BA091.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 of a desk in front of bookshelves, crests, anf a skull" (2024). Bookplates by Oscar Taylor Blackburn. Image 11.
https://digital.sandiego.edu/bookplates-artists-blackburn/11