Artist/Designer
Edwin Davis French
Preview
Commissioned for
Long Island Historical Society Storrs Memorial Fund
Signed
Yes
Description
An engraved pictorial bookplate on sepia tinted paper with black ink for the Long Island Historical Society Storrs Memorial Fund. There's a picture of a man looking to the right. Framing the portrait are calligraphic leaves, a banner, and books. There's also another image placed in the background of a statue of a woman standing against a podium. Arouund the image of the woman it says "Incorporated April 1863". The banners on top colletively say in Latin "Historia Testis Temporum" (History of the test times).
Condition
Affixed on card stock
Bookplate Function
Ownership
Object Type
Bookplate
Bookplate Type
Pictorial
Language
Latin and English
Date or Era
c. 19th-20th Century
Object Size
10.6 x 7.5 cm
Bookplate Collection Number
BA499
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
483 KB
Image File Location
S:\Bookplates\French, Edwin Davis\JPEG Images\BA499.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 Long Island Historical Society Storrs Memorial Fund" (2024). Bookplates by Edwin Davis French. Image 69.
https://digital.sandiego.edu/bookplates-artists-french/69