Artist/Designer
Louis Joshua Silver
Preview
Commissioned for
Oscar M. Nudelman
Signed
No
Description
A pictorial bookplate on a dark yellow tinted paper with black ink for Oscar M. Nudelman. "Ex-Libris'' is used to show who the book owner is. The main illustration is the Justice Scale with a poem in a black space in between the scale plates. The poem says "A fire-Mist and a Planet A crystal and A Cell A Jellyfish and a Saurian A cave where Cave-men dwell Than a Sense of Law and Order A Face upturned from the Clod Some call it Evolution And others call it God''. Under the quote box is a lit oil lamp. Above the poem is an illustration of a crowd surrounding a knight on a horse. There is a diverse group of people in the crowd. Above the scale is a shelf of books that are religious books.
Condition
Affixed on card stock
Bookplate Function
Ownership
Object Type
Bookplate
Bookplate Type
Pictorial
Language
English and Latin
Date or Era
c. 20th Century
Object Size
5 x 3.5 in
Bookplate Collection Number
BA957
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
2023-11-07
Image Format
image/jpeg
Image File Size
520 KB
Image File Location
S:\Bookplates\Silver, Louis Joshua\TIF Images\BA957.tif
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
"Bookplate of a Justice Scale and an image of a knight on a horse surrounded by a crowd" (2024). Bookplates by Louis Joshua Silver. Image 10.
https://digital.sandiego.edu/bookplates-artists-silver/10