Artist/Designer

Dorothy Payne

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Commissioned for

Betty and Lindley Abbot

Signed

Yes

Description

An armorial bookplate with a lush garden scene at the center of the round seal. Books are stacked on round shelves, and there is a motto written "Haurit aquam cribis qui vult sine descere libris". Further out in this seal is written Ex Libris as well as the names Betty and Lindley Abbot. At top and bottom are a coat of arms and perhaps two koi fish.

Condition

Affixed on card stock

Bookplate Function

Ownership

Object Type

Bookplate

Bookplate Type

Pictorial

Language

Latin

Date or Era

20th Century

Object Size

4.75 x 3.5 in

Bookplate Collection Number

BA797

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

2023-10-23

Image Format

image/jpeg

Image File Size

361 KB

Image File Location

S:\Bookplates\Payne, Dorothy\JPEG Images\BA797.jpg

Repository

Special Collections, Copley Library, University of San Diego

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