Artist/Designer
Edwin Davis French
Preview
Commissioned for
Francis Bunker Greene
Signed
Yes
Description
An engraved pictorial bookplate on sepia tinted paper with black ink. There's a ship at sea and the waves turn into a calligraphic border but the pattern is in waves. There's a Harvard crest with three open books and the words on the pages are Latin "Ve Ri Tas", which translates to truth. This bookplate is to the "Library of Francis Bunker Greene".
Condition
Affixed on card stock
Bookplate Function
Ownership
Object Type
Bookplate
Bookplate Type
Pictorial
Language
Latin
Date or Era
c. 19th-20th Century
Object Size
8 x 6 cm
Bookplate Collection Number
BA432
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
2023-03-22
Image Format
image/jpeg
Image File Size
236 KB
Image File Location
S:\Bookplates\French, Edwin Davis\JPEG Images\BA432.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
"Edwin Davis French Bookplate Commissioned by Francis Bunker Greene" (2024). Bookplates by Edwin Davis French. Image 2.
https://digital.sandiego.edu/bookplates-artists-french/2