Part 14

Pictorial. Motto, _Read and return_. Of Suffield, Conn. A physician. Date probably about 1800. Very similar to the Sally King, which see for a description.

652. PEASE. _Oliver Pease, Owner._

Pictorial. Motto, _Read and return_. A variety of the above, in which but one-half of the compass is shown, and a tessellated floor is laid under the pillars.

653. PELL. _William F. Pell._

Crest only. Motto, _Deus amici et nos_.

654. PENN. _Edmd. Penn._

Pictorial. A number of books rest upon a shelf; with them, an hour-glass, a sickle, and two sheaves of wheat; a wreath of oak leaves and palm is erected above them, and the name is given upon a scroll which falls over the edge of the shelf. Signed, _T. Baddick_.

655. PENN. _Thomas Penn of Stoke Pogeis in the County of Bucks First Proprietor of Pensilvania._

Early English. Arms and motto as in the succeeding plate, that of his father. Illustrated in “Curio,” page 14.

656. PENN. _William Penn Esqr Proprietor of Pennsylvania. 1703._

Armorial. Early English. Full mantling enveloping the whole shield. Motto, _Dum clavum teneam_. Illustrated in “Curio,” page 13.

657. PENN. (Anonymous.) Penn arms.

Supposed to be the plate of Thomas Penn, the son of William. The volume in which the only copy of this plate has been seen has the autograph of J. Logan, and the statement that the book was given to him by Thomas Penn. The William Penn plate is also in the book.

658. PENNINGTON. _Pennington._

Plain armorial. Motto, _Vincit amor patriae_. Of Pennsylvania.

659. PENNINGTON. _Edward Pennington._

Name-label; engraved. Festoon above, and sprays of palm and grape-vine below.

660. PENNINGTON. _Edward Pennington. Philadelphia._

Pictorial. A reservoir, from which the water is escaping, is overshadowed by palms of some kind. The significance of this design is mysterious. Signed, _J. J. Plocher. Sc._

661. PENNINGTON. _T. H. Pennington._

The name is printed from type within a circular frame which is engraved. The peculiarity of the plate is that after the abbreviation _No._ for the number of the volume, the word _Plates_ is given. Whether this was to be erased in volumes which were not illustrated, or the number of illustrations was to be given in those which had them, is hard to say.

662. PENNSYLVANIA. _The Historical Society of Pennsylvania._

Armorial. The arms of William Penn impaling those of the state. Motto, _Dum clavum teneam_.

663. PENNSYLVANIA. _The Historical Society of Pennsylvania._

A very handsome steel engraving of the coat-of-arms of the state of Pennsylvania. Motto, _Virtue, Liberty and Independence_. Another variety of this plate is intended as a gift-plate.

664. PEPPERELL. (Anonymous.) Sir William Pepperell.

Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Virtute patria tuemini_. A beautiful plate. On a ribbon at the very top, _Peperi_. William P. Sparhawk, grandson of the first Sir William Pepperell, assumed his name and was created a baronet, Oct. 29, 1774. This was undoubtedly his plate. The vast estates of the family were confiscated in 1778, as they were Loyalists. The crown allowed five hundred pounds to Sir William.

665. PERKINS. _Thomas Handasyd Perkins._

Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. No motto. A prominent merchant of Boston. Born, 1765.

666. PETIGRU. _James Louis Petigru._

Plain armorial. Motto, _Verité sans peur_. Prominent lawyer of Charleston, S.C. Born, 1789; died, 1863.

667. PHILADELPHIA. _Apprentices Library Co. of Philada._

A group of implements indicative of the work done by the patrons of the Library. On a panel of a desk are the words, _Instituted 1820_; below this, _Science, Art, Virtue_. An open book upon the desk displays these words, _Take fast hold of instruction let her not go for she is thy life. Proverbs. Ch. 1. ver. 17_.

668. PHILADELPHIA. _Apprentices Library Company of Phila. Instituted 1820. Opened for girls 1842._

This plate is a little later than the former, and the scene is shifted from the class-room to the forest: here by the running brook, overshadowed by the pines and oaks of the forest, a scroll is found upon a rock bearing the same quotation from Proverbs that appears upon the preceding plate. This is a woodcut very much in the style of Anderson.

669. PHILADELPHIA. _The Carpenters Company of Philadelphia, 1724._ Armorial in form. On the shield a square is used as a chevron, and is placed between three pairs of dividers. No tinctures. The full sun shines powerfully from above.

670. PHILADELPHIA. _The Library Company of Philadelphia._

The name printed from type within a border made up of ornamental type. Motto, _Communiter bona profundere Deorum est_. Signed, (_Printed by Zachariah Paulson jun. No 106 Chestnut-street. May. 1801_).

671. PHILIPSE. _Frederik Philipse. Esqr._

Armorial. Jacobean. No motto. The shield is backed by a brick wall, the foliations are shell-lined, and the upturned shell is in place under the shield. Of New York. Illustrated in “Curio,” page 111.

672. PHILLIPS. _Dinwiddie B. Phillips._

Plain armorial. Motto, _Ducit amor patriae_. Of Virginia.

673. PHILLIPS. _Samuel Phillips His Book 1707._

Name-label, with ornamental type border. Grandfather of the founder of the Academy at Andover and of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences at Boston. Born at Salem, 1690.

674. PHILLIPS ACADEMY. _In usum Academiae Phillipsiae Exoniensis._

Armorial. (Phillips arms.) Chippendale. This plate is not signed, but is very similar to the Holyoke plate by Hurd, and is undoubtedly his work. Motto, _Pia mente studeatur_. Phillips Academy of Andover, Mass.

675. PHILLIPS. This plate was used in some of the books of Phillips Academy, at Exeter, N.H., and has a representation of the arms of the Phillips family, with a festoon of flowers above it, and below it is appended the following statement and exhortation:--

The Trustees of Phillips Academy to whom is committed the distribution of the pious bounty of the late LT. GOV. PHILLIPS wishing to co-operate in the same benevolent and useful design, affectionately recommend this inestimable book to the serious and careful perusal of every person into whose hands it may fall.

Reader, whoever thou art, the work before you is the production of one of the ablest and best of men, whose praise is in all the churches. Though dead, he is instructing thousands by his numerous and excellent practical (?) writings which have survived him. Among these, _The Saints’ Rest_ has been most highly esteemed. He wrote it in the near view of death, when in feeble health, and for his own immediate use; and he testifies that he derived “more benefit from it, than from all the other studies of his life.” Few books have ever received higher commendations, been translated into more languages, passed through more numerous editions, been more read, or more useful in the Christian church than this. No person of a serious mind can read it without profit.

“_To allure our desires_, it unveils the sanctuary above, and discovers the glories and joys of the blessed in the Divine presence, by a light so strong and lively, that all the glittering vanities of this world vanish in the comparison, and a sincere believer will despise them, as one of mature age does the toys and baubles of children. _To excite our fears_ he removes the screen, and represents the tormenting passions of the damned in those dreadful colors, that, if duly considered, would check and control the unbridled licentious appetites of the most sensual.”[A]

[A] Dr. Bates.

Reader, the book is in your hands, read, meditate, and then judge for yourself. May the Lord bless the instruction for your spiritual benefit. So will the good design of the pious doner be answered, and the Agents of his bounty have their desired reward.

676. PHŒNIX SOCIETY. _Phœnix Society._

Pictorial. A large shield, heart shaped, encloses a picture of a large plantation, evidently with a considerable settlement on the rising ground; a stream meanders through the estate, and various kinds of crops are under cultivation; a little summer-house is seen at the end of a long path. A large curtain is draped over the shield, and a stag and a lion guard it at the foot. Under all, a tablet shows a second smaller shield quartered heraldically, and bearing a hunter’s horn, a right arm, a quill and roll of paper, and a twig from an oak tree on the four quarters; this is draped with a festoon of holly leaves, and a line in Greek impossible of translation is given above it. The meaning and use of this plate is mysterious. It came from Charleston, S.C.

677. PICKERING. _Henry Pickering._

Armorial. Crest only. Poet.

678. PICKERING. _John Pickering Junr._

Plain armorial. No motto.

679. PICKERING. _T. A. Pickering._

Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. No motto. Possibly by Callender.

680. PIERCE. _William L. Pierce._

Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _In futura spector_. Signed, _Maverick Sculpt._ Of New York.

681. PIERPONT. _Charles Pierpont._

Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Manet amicitia florebit que semper_. Signed, _S. Hill_.

682. PIERPONT. _John Pierpont._

Simply a name-label engraved on copper. Minister and poet of Litchfield, Conn. Born, 1785.

683. PINFOLD. _Charles Pinfold. LL.D._

Armorial. Chippendale. Motto-ribbon empty. Two different plates are known, but they are very similar.

684. PINFOLD. _Charles Pinfold LL.D. Governor of Barbadoes._

Same as above, with title added.

685. PINTARD. _John Pintard, LL.D._

Armorial. Pictorial. Signed, _Anderson_. The shield rests at the foot of a palm tree; an anchor lies behind it; the motto, _Never despair_, is given on a ribbon and the motto, _Fais bien crains rien_, is on the oval shield. The following line in Greek is also given, Κατἁ οχοχὁν ὁιωχω, while a fourth motto, _Depressa resurgo_, is seen on a ribbon floating over the top of the tree. This is a fine woodcut. Founder of the New York Historical Society.

686. PINTARD. _John Pintard._

Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Fais, bien crains, rien_. Signed, _Maverick Sct._

687. POOR. _Benjamin Poor._

Plain armorial. Motto, _Pauper non in spe_. Father of Major Ben: Perley Poore.

688. POPHAM. _William Popham._

Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. No motto. Signed, _Maverick Scp._ Of New York.

689. POULSON. _John Poulson’s._

A name-label printed wholly from type, the border being very elaborate. Signed, _Printed by Zachariah Poulson Junior_. Of Philadelphia.

690. POWEL. _Samuel Powel._

Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Proprium decus et petrum_. This is a better plate in execution than those made by Dawkins, and as it is almost identical with the John Morgan, M.D., plate, which is probably by Dawkins, it may have been his model. He seems to have copied freely from the designs of other engravers. This plate may have been the work of W. Smith, who engraved the William Spry. The Ryland Randolph, which is undoubtedly English in execution, is similar to all these and better than them all. Of Philadelphia. Twice mayor of the city.

691. POWELL. _Hare Samuel Powell._

Armorial.

692. POWELL. _John H. Powell._

The same copper as the Samuel Powell plate, with the name altered. Founder of Pennsylvania Agricultural Society.

693. POWELL. _Philip Powell._

Armorial.

694. POWER. _James Power of King William County. Price._

Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Impavide_. Of Virginia.

695. POWNALL. _Thomas Pownall._

Armorial. Book-pile. Motto, _Videte et cavete ab avaritia. Luke. 12. xv._ This is a typical “Book-pile” plate. The books are arranged in tiers, with the shield in the centre; globes stand upon the topmost books at either side; a scroll falls from under the shield and bears the name; the second motto is placed under all, _The Wicked borroweth & payeth not again_. Born in England in 1722; came to America in 1753; Lieutenant-Governor of New Jersey in 1755; Governor of Massachusetts in 1757, and of South Carolina in 1760; returned to England, entered Parliament, and died at Bath in 1805.

696. PRESCOTT. _William Prescott._

Crest only. Motto, _Nil conscire sibi_. Father of the historian. Lawyer and jurist.

697. PRESCOTT. _William H. Prescott._

Plain armorial. Motto, _Non conscire sibi_. Signed, _A&S_. The eminent historian.