Artist/Designer
Edwin Davis French
Preview
Commissioned for
Library of the Harvard Union
Signed
Yes
Description
An engraved pictorial bookplate on sepia tinted paper with black ink for the Library of the Harvard Union. The border has greek style art with images of books, justice scale, calligraphic leaves, and other objects. On top is a crest with three books in the form of a triangle speeling out "Ve. Ri. Tas" in Latin which translates to "truth". There's a banner underneath the crest saying in Latin "Christo Et Ecclesiae" (To Christ and the Church).
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
12.5 x 8.5 cm
Bookplate Collection Number
BA495
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
526 KB
Image File Location
S:\Bookplates\French, Edwin Davis\JPEG Images\BA495.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 Library of the Harvard Union" (2024). Bookplates by Edwin Davis French. Image 65.
https://digital.sandiego.edu/bookplates-artists-french/65