Artist/Designer

Edwin Davis French

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Commissioned for

William Augustus Brewer

Signed

No

Description

An engraved pictorial bookplate on sepia tinted paper with black ink. The main image is a church with vines on the outside walls of the church. Above it is the front view of a two-story house with a tree in the front and a fence surrounding the lawn. Seperating these two images are banners and an American colonial flag crest. The first banner in Latin states "Pro deo", the second banner, still in Latin, states "Et patria", which translates to God and country. The bookplate says "Ex Libris William Augustus Brewer".

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

10 x 7 cm

Bookplate Collection Number

BA434

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

357 KB

Image File Location

S:\Bookplates\French, Edwin Davis\JPEG Images\BA434.jpg

Repository

Special Collections, Copley Library, University of San Diego

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