Artist/Designer
Arthur Nelson MacDonald
Preview
Commissioned for
Dorothy Furman
Signed
No
Description
A calligraphic bookplate on light sepia tinted paper with black ink for Dorothy Furman. There's a buckle in the shape of a circle with the name Dorothy Furman written along it. There's a passage written "O for a Booke and a shadie nooke, eyther in-a-door or out; With the grene leaves whisp'ring overhede, or the Street cxyres all about. Where I maie Reade all at my ease, both of the New and Olde; For a jollie goode Booke whereon to look, is better to me than Golde."
Condition
Affixed on card stock
Bookplate Function
Ownership
Object Type
Bookplate
Bookplate Type
Calligraphic
Language
English
Date or Era
c. 20th Century
Object Size
9.3 x 6.5 cm
Bookplate Collection Number
BA742
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
2023-05-03
Image Format
image/jpeg
Image File Size
150 KB
Image File Location
S:\Bookplates\MacDonald, Arthur Nelson\JPEG Images\BA742.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
"Arthur Nelson MacDonald Bookplate Commissioned for Dorothy Furman (2 of 2)" (2024). Bookplates by Arthur Nelson MacDonald. Image 12.
https://digital.sandiego.edu/bookplates-artists-macdonald/12