Artist/Designer
Oscar Taylor Blackburn
Preview
Commissioned for
Oscar Taylor Blackburn
Signed
Yes
Description
A pictorial bookplate in black ink on sepia-tinted paper. The design features a medieval scholar wearing a cap and glasses, engrossed in reading a book amidst a large collection of books in a wooden cabinet. The top of the bookplate reads “EX LIBRIS OSCAR TAYLOR BLACKBURN.” The lower portion of the illustration includes the text “Ship of Fools” and an inscription that reads, “For this is my mynde, this one pleasaure haue I Of bokes to haue grete plentie,” attributed to “A. Barclay 1494.” The artist’s initials “OTB” and the year “1932” are also present in the bottom corners.
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
4.25 x 2.875 in
Bookplate Collection Number
BA085
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
Image Format
image/jpeg
Image File Size
511 KB
Image File Location
S:\Bookplates\Blackburn, Oscar Taylor\JPEG Images\BA085.jpg
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
"Oscar Taylor Blackburn Bookplate Commissioned for Oscar Taylor Blackburn (3 of 3)" (2024). Bookplates by Oscar Taylor Blackburn. Image 5.
https://digital.sandiego.edu/bookplates-artists-blackburn/5