Artist/Designer
Edwin Davis French
Preview
Commissioned for
Wilhemus Mynderse
Signed
Yes
Description
An engraved pictorial bookplate on sepia tinted paper with black ink. The background image is a building in the fields and the other is a church in townsquare. There's a tall podium statue in the middle. On the left is a creature with wings and elf ears holding a cloth that has a fish wrapped around a triton. On the left is the same creature holding a cloth with a crest that has three stars and three circles. This bookplate is to the Library of Wilhelmus Mynderse.
Condition
Affixed on card stock
Bookplate Function
Ownership
Object Type
Bookplate
Bookplate Type
Pictorial
Language
English
Date or Era
c. 19th-20th Century
Object Size
8.8 x 6 cm
Bookplate Collection Number
BA472
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
273 KB
Image File Location
S:\Bookplates\French, Edwin Davis\JPEG Images\BA472.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 Wilhemus Mynderse" (2024). Bookplates by Edwin Davis French. Image 42.
https://digital.sandiego.edu/bookplates-artists-french/42