Artist/Designer
Oscar Taylor Blackburn
Preview
Commissioned for
Cassius and Aimee Reynolds
Signed
No
Description
A pictorial bookplate on light sepia tinted paper with faded black ink for "one of the books of" Cassius and Aimee Reynolds. There are three bookshelves filled with books that is bordered in a circle. At the bottom of the circle is a fox sitting on a stack of books. Inside the circle border says "The wise return that they again may borrow" On the outside of the top of the circle are calligraphic leaves filling in the blank background space.
Condition
Affixed on card stock
Bookplate Function
Ownership
Object Type
Bookplate
Bookplate Type
Pictorial
Language
English
Date or Era
20th Century
Object Size
3.125 x 2.5 in
Bookplate Collection Number
BA093
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 faded black ink for "one of the books of" Cassius and Aimee Reynolds. There are three bookshelves filled with books that is bordered in a circle. At the bottom of the circle is a fox sitting on a stack of books. Inside the circle border says "The wise return that they again may borrow" On the outside of the top of the circle are calligraphic leaves filling in the blank background space.
Image Format
image/jpeg
Image File Size
340 KB
Image File Location
S:\Bookplates\Blackburn, Oscar Taylor\TIF Images\BA093.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 fox in front of bookshelves" (2024). Bookplates by Oscar Taylor Blackburn. Image 13.
https://digital.sandiego.edu/bookplates-artists-blackburn/13