Artist/Designer
Donna Frances Davis
Preview
Commissioned for
Dorothea Melinda Melden
Signed
No
Description
A pictorial bookplate on sepia paper with black ink addressed to Dorothea Melinda Melden. There is a big statue with a sailboat on top and writing on the side, "To be honest/to be kind/To earn a little and to spend a little less/to make upon the whole a family happier for his presence/to renounce when that small be necessary and not to be embittered to keep a few friends but these without capitulatiobove all on the same grim conditions to keep friends with himself/Here is a task for all that a man has of fortitude and delicacy. R.L.S." Beneath it are two mythical creatures with wings and books in between them. The creature sitting on the left is playing an instrument with birds sitting on it. The creature sitting on the right has an owl on their shoulder while reading a book.
Condition
Affixed on card stock
Bookplate Function
Ownership
Object Type
Bookplate
Bookplate Type
Pictorial
Language
English and Latin
Date or Era
c. 20th century
Object Size
14.3 x 8 cm
Bookplate Collection Number
BA256
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
2023-03-01
Image Format
image/jpeg
Image File Size
495 KB
Image File Location
S:\Bookplates\Davis, Donna Francis\JPEG Images\BA256.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
"Donna Frances Davis Bookplate Commissioned by Dorothea Melinda Melden" (2024). Bookplates by Donna Frances Davis. Image 2.
https://digital.sandiego.edu/bookplates-artists-davis/2