Part 8

Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Vigila_. Signed, _A. Anderson, Sculp._ The original plate had only the last name engraved; the first name was added afterwards and evidently by a different hand. This plate is sometimes found with the name of his brother, John, written in before the family name, indicating perhaps that the plate was designed for the general use of the family. This is the plate of Dr. Anderson, the first engraver in wood in America.

19. ANDOVER. _Institutio Theologica Andover. Fundata MDCCCVII._

A severely plain pediment, raised upon Doric columns, bearing on the architrave the name. A blaze of glory above has in the centre the words, יהוה. Similar rays shine over the open Bible at the foot, on which is written, PS. CXIX, 169, and JOH. XVII, 17. On the base are the words, ΑΚΟΓΩΝΙ ΣΟΥ ΧΡΙΚΤΟΥ.

20. ANDREW. _John Andrew._

Pictorial. The implements of the engraver lie scattered upon the bench: the name is given in fac-simile of the autograph.

21. ANDREWS. Armorial. Of Virginia.

22. ANDREWS.---- _Andrews._ (First name obliterated.)

Pictorial. The scene is out of doors and the sun rises in full strength behind a long oval frame on which the name is engraved. A little patch of earth, two well-grown trees, and scant herbage complete the accessories. Signed, _Callender Sc._

23. ANDREWS. _Eliza Andrews._

Pictorial. Exactly the same as the succeeding, with the exception of the change in the name and the omission of the engraver’s signature.

24. ANDREWS. _Henry Andrews._

Pictorial: representing Minerva, crowned, with spear and shield: the owl sits upon a convenient pedestal. The name of the owner is put upon the edge of the shield which the goddess rests upon the ground. Signed, _S. Harris. Sc._

25. ANTILL. _Edwad. Antill. Esqr., A.M._

Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Probitas laudatur et alget_. A New Jersey author. Illustrated in “Art Amateur,” April, 1894.

26. APTHORP. _Apthorp._

Armorial. Chippendale. Motto-ribbon empty.

27. APTHORP. _East Apthorp, A.M. Cambridge MDCCLXI._

Armorial. Late Jacobean. Motto, _Nemo nisi Christus_. Eminent Episcopal divine, born in Boston, 1733; educated at Cambridge, and died, 1816.

28. APTHORP. _Jno. Apthorp._

Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Fari quae sentiat_. The same plate as the one mentioned above as having the motto-ribbon empty. In this example the name _Jno._ is written, and so is the motto.

29. APTHORP. _Thomas Apthorp._

Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Juste rem para_. Flowers, and a huge bee in the decoration. Printed in blue ink. Born, 1741. Died in England.

30. ARCHDEACON. _S. Archdeacon._

Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Esse quam videri_. Signed, _W. S._ A pretty design, with the caduceus of Mercury introduced in the ornamentation.

31. ARCHER. _William Archer._

Armorial. Of Chesterfield County, Virginia.

32. ARCHER. _William Archer, Powhatan._ A plain label with the name within a type border.

33. ARMISTEAD. _William Armistead._

Armorial. Of Virginia. Of Revolutionary fame.

34. ASHWELL. _Charles Ashwell of Grenada._ Plain armorial.

35. ASSHETON. _Ralph Assheton, M.D., Philadelphia._

Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _In Domino confido_. Son of the Councillor; studied medicine in Edinburgh.

36. ASSHETON. _Willm. Assheton Esqr. of Barbadoes._

Armorial. Chippendale. Very ornate. No motto. Began the practice of law in Penna., and was afterwards described as “of the Parish of St. Michael’s in Barbadoes, gentleman.” He was Provost-Marshal of Barbadoes.

37. ASSHETON. _William Assheton Esq. of Gray’s Inn, Judge of the Court of Admiralty of Penn. 1718._ Arms, crest, and quarterings.

38. ATKINSON. _Theodore Atkinson._

Armorial. Chippendale. No motto. Signed, _N. Hurd. Scp._ This is the same design that was used in the Wentworth plate, but is much better in execution. The peculiar flow of water from the shell beneath the escutcheon is caught in a bowl: the only instance. Secretary of the colony of New Hampshire, 1741; Chief Justice, 1754; Major-General of militia, 1769; delegate to Congress at Albany, 1754.

39. ATKINSON. _William King Atkinson._

Armorial. Chippendale: a copy of the preceding design. Motto, _Nil facimus non sponte Dei._ Signed, _Callender Sc._ A noted lawyer of Portsmouth, N.H. (1764-1820). Changed his name from King to Atkinson out of respect to Judge Atkinson.

40. ATLEE. _Willm. Augs. Atlee Esqr. of Lancaster PENNSYLVANIA._

Armorial. Chippendale. Motto-ribbon empty; bears some marks of being unfinished. Judge of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 1777-1791.

41. ATWOOD. _Harry Atwood._

Armorial. Chippendale. Very ornate; architectural and landscape effects used. No motto.

42. AUCHMUTY. _Richard Tylden Auchmuty._ Plain armorial. Motto, _Dum spiro spero_. Signed, _A & S_.

43. BACKHOUSE. _W. Backhouse, M.A._

Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Pax et amor_.

44. BACKUS. _Elijah Backus._

Armorial. Jacobean. No motto; name on motto-ribbon. Very crude workmanship.

45. BALDWIN. _D. Baldwin, Owner._ An Engraved Label, the Words Being Within an Oval Wreath.

46. BALDWIN. _Jonathan Baldwin._

Armorial. Signed by Callender.

47. BALDWIN. _Luke Baldwin._

Armorial. Signed by Callender.

48. BALL. _Flamen Ball._

Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Semper caveto_. Signed, _P. R. Maverick. Sct._

49. BALLORD. _Wm. Ballord’s._

Armorial. Plain. No Motto.

50. BALTIMORE. _The Library Company of Baltimore._Simply the Name

Engraved Within an Oval Frame. Signed, _S. Allardice Phi_.

51. BANCKER. _Abraham Bancker._

Pictorial. An eagle bears aloft an oval frame which contains the large figure 4 always seen on the book-plates of this family. A ribbon flying from the beak of the eagle bears the motto, _Sublimiora petamus_; beneath, a three-masted vessel, with homing pennant streaming, passes half-submerged trees and a chain of mountain peaks. Signed, _Maverick Sculp’_.

52. BANCKER. _Charles N. Bancker._

Armorial in style, but showing no actual arms. The shield is occupied by a large figure 4, which is an old “merchant mark.” Chippendale. Puffy cupids are seated on either side of the frame with accessories which indicate the pursuit of science. Motto, _Dieu Defend le Droit_. Signed, _Jones Sc._ Of Philadelphia.

53. BANCKER. _Charles N. Bancker._

A Chippendale frame enclosing the figure 4, and showing the same motto as the above. Helmet, wreath and crest, the eagle’s wings erect, ppr. Not signed.

54. BANCKER. _Evert Bancker, Junr._

A smaller and older plate than the others of this name, and showing the same figure 4, with rather wild mantling, and crest.

55. BANCKER. _Gerard Bancker._

Chippendale. A cupid holding a globe converses with a companion, perhaps about commerce and ocean currents; behind them a pyramid rises, and two other cupids are consulting a plan. The figure 4 is again prominent in this plate. Signed, _Dawkins Sculpsit_.

56. BANCROFT. _George Bancroft._

Pictorial. A chubby cherub approaches, with a panel in his hands on which the words ΕΙΣ ΦΑΟΣ are given. Another plate, identical in all other details, gives the motto, _Sursum corda_. Historian of the United States.

57. BANISTER. _John Banister._

Plain armorial. (arms of Banester of Easington, County York, according to Burke). No motto. Of Virginia. Revolutionary soldier. Died, 1787.

58. BARRELL. _Joseph Barrell._

An allegorical plate full of detail. In the centre is the shield with the arms, while above the crest sits Hope with her anchor. As indicative of Industry, a very trim female figure is presented, surrounded by signs of prosperity, such as the beehive, palette and brush, and square and dividers. In contrast to this a bare-footed, raggedly clad woman with a dead fish in her lap, snails on her shoulders, broken tools around her, and with every appearance of misery and squalor, is shown at the left. The contrast between Thrift and Indolence is continued in a second series of pictures below the shield. In these it is the begging tramp and the erect, well-clothed gentleman who depict the moral. Dilapidated shanties and well-built houses are also in contrast. Mottoes, _Not always so--Indure but hope_. A rich Boston merchant. A pioneer in the Northwest coast trade.

59. BARROLL. _William Barroll. Chestertown. 1795._

An engraved name label, with the all-seeing eye above the oval frame which encloses the name. The palm and holly are crossed beneath.

60. BARTON. _William Barton._

Armorial. Perhaps the plate of the capturer of Genl. Prescott (1777) in Narragansett Bay.

61. BARTRAM. _John Bartram._

Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Foy En Dieu_. A second motto, _J’avance_. Celebrated Botanist of Pennsylvania.

62. BATHURST. Armorial. Of Virginia. See Burke’s “extinct Baronetage.”

63. BAY. _William Bay. M.D._

Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath, Motto, _Quo Fata Vocant_. The heraldic drawing is poor and the charges are reversed. Born, Albany, 1773. Died, 1865.

64. BAYARD. _James A. Bayard._

The name well engraved within an oval wreath. The Delaware statesman, leader of the Federal party, and one of the negotiators of the Treaty of Ghent. Born, 1767; Died, 1815.

65. BAYARD. _Saml. Bayard._

Armorial. Chippendale. No motto. This is a very interesting specimen of the debased Chippendale. As decorative features the following are used: a large globe, quadrant, compass, sun-dial, beer-stein, and a little landscape. The branches of the frame are made to support these objects named. Jurist. Published books on law.

66. BAYLEY. Armorial. of the Eastern Shore, Va.

67. BEATTY. _J. Beatty. M.D._

Armorial. Pictorial. The shield rests against the bole of an oak, and while the arms on it (Arg. a beehive surrounded by bees) are not given in Burke, the crest appears in Fairbairn, with some changes. A globe, open book, scroll, caduceus, and cornucopia of fruit complete the accessories. Not a common type among American plates. John Beatty was born in Pennsylvania, 1749, and died in New Jersey in 1826. Rose to the rank of Colonel In the Revolutionary War, and was delegate to Congress, 1783-1785. Member of Federal Convention, and member of Congress. Illustrated in “curio,” page 114.

68. BECK. _Charles Beck._

Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Signed, N. D. Sc. (nathaniel Dearborn). Of Cambridge, Mass. Scholar and Author.

69. BEDLOW. _William Bedlow._

Armorial. Monogram B L at foot of arms. Jacobean. Motto, _My hope on high_. Of Bedlow’s Island, New York.

70. BEETE. _Joseph Beete. Demerary._ Plain Armorial. Motto, _Fortuna perit, honestas manet_.

71. BELCHER. (Anonymous.)

Armorial. Jacobean. Motto, _Loyal jusqu’à la Mort_. This is the plate of the Colonial Governor of Massachusetts and New Hampshire, 1730-1741 (Jonathan Belcher). The arms are the same as borne on the plate of his son Jonathan, except that this plate shows a label for difference. There is also a shortening of the motto in the other plate.

72. BELCHER. _Jonathan Belcher E Societate Medij Templi._

Armorial. Jacobean. Very similar to the last. Motto, _Loyal au mort_. Son of the preceding; born in Boston, 1710. Graduate of Harvard, student at the Middle Temple, one of the first settlers of Halifax, N.S. Died there, 1776. Illustrated in “Curio,” page 113.

73. BELCHER. _William Belcher, Owner._ Literary. A shelf of books enclosed within an oval which bears the mottoes, _With welcome use--but use with care. The wicked borrow,--but never return_. Of New London, Conn., circa 1790.

74. BELCHER. _William Belcher. Savannah._

Armorial. Pictorial. A very beautiful engraving. The shield rests upon the ground and is supported by the oak tree which spreads over it; willows and pines complete the little group of trees, and beyond a stretch of water is seen. The motto, _Loyal au mort_, is on the ribbon which flutters along the ground beside the shield.

75. BEL-CHIER. _J. Bel-Chier._

Armorial. Jacobean. Motto, _Loyal jusq’ a la mort_. Printed in red ink.

76. BERESFORD. _Richard Beresford, Charleston. 1772._

Armorial.

77. BETTS. _William Betts._

Armorial. Plain. Motto, _Malo mori quam foedari_. Signed, _C. P. Harrison Del. Sct._

78. BEVERLEY. _Harry Beverley._

Armorial. Chippendale. No motto.

79. BEVERLY. _Robert Beverly._

Armorial. Of Virginia. Historian.

80. BEVERLY. _William Beverly._

Armorial. Signed, _J. Kirk_.

81. BLACKLEY _Absalom Blackley._

Armorial. Ribbon and wreath. Motto, _Utere mundo_. Signed, _Maverick Scp._ The name supported by two quills.

82. BLAKE. _Willm. P. & L. Blake’s Circulating Library at the Boston Book Store._ An engraved label enclosed in an ornamental oval frame. Signed, _S. Hill. Sc._

83. BLANC. _William Blanc. Middle Temple. Dominica._ Crest only. Motto on a garter enclosing the crest, _Frangas non flectan_.

84. BLATCHFORD. _Thomas W. Blatchford._ Plain armorial. Motto, _Providentia sumus_. Signed, _Wm. D. Smith sc._

85. BLEECKER. _Bleecker._ Plain armorial. A festoon of cloth behind the shield.

86. BLENMAN. _Jonathan Blenman, Attoray, Genl. & Judge of ye Admty. in Barbadoes._ A small plate, without motto, rather poorly engraved. A little ornamentation of Jacobean manner appears at either side, and the mantling is rather profuse, but well above the shield.

87. BLOOMFIELD. _Bloomfield._

Armorial. Chippendale. Rudely drawn books used in the frame. Motto, _Pro aris et focis_. Signed, _J. Trenchard_. Major Joseph Bloomfield was a soldier in the Revolution, Governor of New Jersey, Brigadier-General in War of 1812, member of Congress, 1817-21. Illustrated in the “Art Amateur,” April, 1894.

88. BOLLING. _Robt. Bolling Esq’r._

Armorial. Chippendale. Figures are used as supporters which would appear to symbolize the freedom of the Garden of Eden, and the learning of classic Greece. Motto-ribbon empty; no crest. Of Chellowe, Va. Illustrated in “Curio,” page 15.

89. BONAPARTE. _Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte._ A plain label, with an ornamental type border. Nephew of Napoleon the Great. Born in England, 1805; died in Baltimore, Md., 1870.

90. BOND. _T. Bond, Surgeon._

Armorial. Chippendale. Signed, _W. H._ Native of Maryland; 1712-1784. A distinguished physician and surgeon of Philadelphia.

91. BOOTH. _Benjn. Booth._ Crest only. Autograph in a wreath under the crest. Of New York, until the Revolution broke out.

92. BOOTH. _George Booth._ Literary. A lighted candle and books in confusion are placed upon a table. The name is carved upon the edge of the table. On one of the book-covers appears the Booth crest. An etched plate.

93. BOSTON. _Shakspeare Circulating Library, Charles Callender, No. 25 School Street, Boston._ A very curious old woodcut, with a large oval medallion of the famous writer for whom the library was named placed in the centre against a rough rock background; the masks of Comedy and Tragedy lie at the foot, and the hilts of foils can be made out; a garland of roses falls at the right hand, and the rays of the sun come over the top. This is a rough engraving, very black and indistinct.

94. BOSTON. _Social Law Library. Boston._ The name appears on a curtain looped up and held by cord and tassel; above this a small oval encloses a view of four waterspouts, each from behind a rock; above this the circular frame encloses a hand bearing a lighted torch; on the frame is the motto, _Vestra cura alitur_, and the date 1804; a pile of books above for crest, with _S.L.L._ on the cover of one.

95. BOUCHER. _Jonathan Boucher._

Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Non vi sed voluntate_. A Loyalist clergyman in Virginia, whose estates were confiscated, after which he returned to England whence he had come in 1754. Published a tract on the causes and consequences of the Revolution, and compiled a glossary of Provincial and Archæological Words, which was purchased of his family in 1831, for the proprietors of Webster’s Dictionary.

96. BOUDINOT. _Boudinot._

Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Soli Deo gloria et honor_. Elias Boudinot, born in 1740, in Philadelphia, of Huguenot extraction. Sided strongly with the colonies in the Revolution, and was President of Congress in 1782. A signer of the Treaty of Peace. Died, 1821. This plate is not signed, but it is the work of Maverick. Illustrated in “Curio,” page 111.

97. BOWDOIN. _Honble. James Bowdoin. Esqr._ Plain armorial. Motto, _Ut aquila versus coelum_. The same plate as the Bowdoin College, whose benefactor he was.

98. BOWDOIN. _Bowdoin College._ Plain armorial. The arms of the Hon. James Bowdoin are given with his motto, _Ut aquila versus coelum_. The sun in splendor shines above the crest, and the name of the college is engraved over it. This college was chartered in 1794, and then presented with eleven hundred pounds and one thousand acres of land, by Hon. James Bowdoin, son of the governor of the colony. By his will a further gift was made to the college.

99. BOYLSTON. _Boylston Medical Library._ Plain armorial. The arms of the Boylston family are given without ornamentation or motto. Signed, _Annin & Smith_. Ward Nicholas Boylston, a patron of medical science, gave to the medical school of Harvard College a valuable collection of anatomical and medical books and engravings, in the year 1800.

100. BOYLSTON. _Property of the Boylston Medical Library Cambridge._

Armorial. The arms of the Boylston family are given. Signed, _Callender Sc._

101. BOZMAN. _John Leeds Bozman. Esqr of the Middle Temple._

Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Sine virtute vani sunt honores_. Lawyer, poet, and historian; born in Maryland in 1757, died in 1823. University of Penn., 1783. Completed his studies in London. His chief work is the “History of Maryland to the Restoration in 1660.” An “Historical and Philosophical Sketch of the Prime Causes of the Revolutionary War” was suppressed; in this Washington was praised and Franklin depreciated. This same copper has been used more recently with the following words added: on either side of the crest, “John Leeds Kerr of Talbot Co. Md. 15th Jan. 1780, 21st Feb. 1844;” at the bottom, under the name of Bozman, “The Maryland Historian, 25th Aug. 1757, 20th April, 1823.”

102. BRASHER. _Philip Brasher._

Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Beata Domus, Custodita Sic Cuja Deo Domino Est_. The shield, with its motto-ribbon and flowery ornamentation, seems to be held up by the winged female who grasps the portcullis of the crest. Below the shield a patch of ground is strewn with books and writing material. A dwarfed weeping willow bends mournfully at the left. Signed on an unrolled sheet of paper, _Maverick Scp._ Was a prisoner in a sugar-house in New York during the Revolutionary War, which suggested the crest; he had no right to the arms.

103. BRAZER. _John Brazer._ Plain armorial. Shaded mantling. Motto, _Try_. Of Salem, Mass.

104. BREARLY. _David Brearly._

Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Honor virtutis praemium_. A large plate; attributed to Vallance. Jurist, of Trenton, N.J. A brave officer in the Revolution.

105. BRIDGEN. _Charles Bridgen._ Plain armorial. Motto, _Probitate et industria_. This plate is not signed, but it is very probably the work of Maverick.

106. BRIMAGE. _William Brimage._ Plain armorial. Impaling Gilbert. Arms closely surrounded by a garter on which the name appears. Motto below, _Deus dux certus_. Of Virginia.

107. BRISBANE. _William Brisbane._

Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Dabit otia Deus_.

108. BROOKS. _Benjamin S. Brooks._

Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Sustinere_. Signed, _A. D._ (Amos Doolittle).

109. BROWN. _David Paul Brown._

Plain armorial. Motto, _Patria cara_, _carior libertas_. Signed, _C. P. H. St._ Lawyer, of Philadelphia.

110. BROWN. _The Property of Jacob Brown._ Pictorial. The interior of a library is depicted, within an oval frame which is ornamented above with a ribbon and a spray of holly; the name is given on the fluttering ends of the ribbon. The central portion of the library is occupied by a couch, covered with striped cloth, on which a youth, dressed in the height of the fashion, reclines; a book is laid upon the convenient corner of the table, and he is reading from this; behind him the shelves of books are seen partly covered by a curtain; through the window are seen the nodding pines; the carpet is adorned with thirteen stars. The following lines are given below the frame:--

_Weigh well each thought, each sentence freely scan,_ _In Reason’s balance try the works of man;_ _Be bias’d not by those who praise or blame,_ _Nor, Servile, Yield opinion to a Name._

Signed, _Engrd. by P. R. Maverick 65 Liberty Street_. As the name _Jacob Brown_ is not engraved, but is printed by hand, it is quite likely that this plate was for promiscuous use; either to be filled up with the name of any who ordered it, or to be pasted in the books sold by some bookseller.

111. BROWN. _John Carter Brown._ Crest only. Motto, _Gaudeo_.

112. BROWN. _Thomas Brown._

Armorial. Arms, ... on a chevron, between three leopards’ heads cabossed, or as many escallops.... Crest, an eagle’s head erased or. Motto, _En espérance je vie_. Signed by Hurd.

113. BROWNE. _Peter A. Browne._ Literary. A plain table, with the scull and crossbones carved in two places upon it, supports several large volumes, on the side of one of which is the name of the owner. On the side of the table the motto is cut, _Fiat Justitia_. A wreath of laurel rests upon the books, and the all-seeing eye looks upon the scene from above. Signed, _Engraved by James Akin_. A prominent lawyer in Philadelphia, and the author of “Browne’s Reports.”

114. BROWNSON. _Oliver Brownson’s Property._ An engraved label with the name curved over a peacock which is perched on a scroll.

115. BRUEN. _M. Bruen._ Plain armorial. Motto, _Fides scutum_. Matthias Bruen was a clergyman in New York City; ordained in London, 1819.

116. BRUFF. _The Property of J. G. Bruff, Portsmouth, Va. 183-._ Pictorial. On this, a weeping elm supports a large shield on which the inscription is given; so large is the shield that only a little of the tree shows around the edge of the shield. A woodcut.

117. BUCHANAN. _W. B. Buchanan._

Armorial. Motto, _Clarior hinc honos_.

118. BULL. _Martin Bull._

Armorial. A plain armorial plate with the mantling extending down the side of the shield. Motto, _Virtus basis vitae_. This is the plate of one of the engravers of the old Farmington book-plate, Deacon Bull. See “Ex Libris Journal,” Vol. III, page 187.

119. BURKE. _James Henry Burke Esqr._

Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Sola salus servire Deo_. Of Virginia.

120. BURNET. _John Burnet. Attorney at Law New York._

Armorial. Jacobean frame; mantling. Motto, _Virescit vulnere virtus_. This plate is earlier than the succeeding one by Dawkins.

121. BURNET. _John Burnet Esqr New York._

Armorial. Chippendale. The usual pastoral scene which Dawkins used is found here; the shepherdess, and the cupids making music on the flute, and bringing books for leisure moments. Motto, _Virescit vulnere virtus_. Signed, _H. Dawkins Sculp. 1754_. Illustrated in “Curio,” page 13.

122. BYAM. _Francisci Byam, ex Insula Antigua._

Armorial. Jacobean. Motto, _Claris dextera factis_. Rich mantling continued around the whole shield; the background shell-lined. Printed in brown ink.

123. BYRD. _William Byrd of Westover in Virginia Esqr._