American Book-Plates

Plain armorial. Motto, Gloria. An officer of the United States Navy.

155. Chawney. Armorial. Of Pennsylvania.

156. Chester. John Chester.

Plain armorial. On a ribbon tied above, By the name of Chester. No motto. Of Wethersfield, Conn. Colonel in the Continental Army; commander of the “elite corps”; was in the battle of Bunker Hill.

157. Child. Francis Child.

Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, Pro lege et rege. Signed, H. Dawkins. Sculpt. Very fine work.

158. Child. The Property of Isaac Child.

Under the name is the verse beginning —

If thou art borrowed by a friend,
Right welcome shall he be, etc.

Signed, Sold by N. Dearborn & Son. Undoubtedly engraved by Dearborn.

159. Child. Isaac Child, Boston.

Literary. Four shelves of books. Probably by Dearborn.

160. Child. Thomas Child.

Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, Fari aude. Not signed, but evidently the work of Nathaniel Hurd. First Postmaster of Portland, Me.

161. Child. William Henry Child.

Armorial in form, but displaying no arms on the shield. Crest, two doves with olive branches in their mouths. The initials W. H. C., in cipher, occupy the shield. Ribbon and Wreath. No motto. Very similar in design to the plate of George Grote, the historian. Illustrated in “Art Amateur,” April, 1894.

162. Clark. D. Lawrence Clark.

Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, Semper idem. Undoubtedly the arms are not genuine: the argent field of the shield is charged with a branch of holly, and the crest is the American eagle, with a star above its head.

163. Clark. John Clark. M.D.

Plain armorial. Motto, Semper idem. The arms are undoubtedly assumed; az. an oak branch ppr. Crest, an American eagle, with a star (mullet) above.

164. Clarke. Alfred Clarke.

Crest only. Motto, Soyez ferme. Of Cooperstown, N.Y.

165. Clarke. George Clarke.

Crest only. Motto, Soyez ferme. Signed, J. F. Morin. Sc. N.Y.

166. Clarke. Peter Clarke.

Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, Coronat virtus cultores suos. Printed in blue ink.

167. Clarkson. David Clarkson Gent.

Armorial. Jacobean. No motto. Of New York. Illustrated in “Curio,” page 66.

168. Clarkson. M. Clarkson.

Armorial, plain. No motto. Matthew Clarkson was for twenty-one years the President of the Bank of New York.

169. Cleborne. C. I. Cleborne. M. D.

Armorial. The shield canted to one side, surmounted by the helmet; it and the mantling is enclosed within a circular ribbon, on which the motto, Clibor ne sceame, is given. A second ribbon over the design bears the motto, Virtute invidiam vincas. Signed, Jarrett London.

170. Cleveland. Stephen Cleveland.

Pictorial. A very unusual plate: a full-rigged British man-of-war, with ten guns peering from the loop-holes, is hastening from the observer; the English ensign flies from the stern. A very spirited piece of work. It is said that his commission as Captain in our Navy just after the Declaration was the first one issued. Born in Connecticut, 1740, died in Massachusetts, 1801.

171. Clinton. De Witt Clinton.

Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, Patria cara carior libertas. Signed, P. R. Maverick. sculpt. Governor of New York, 1817-1822, and 1824-1827. Illustrated in “Art Amateur,” February, 1894.

172. Cock. William Cock.

Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, Quod fieri non vis alteri ne fueris. Signed, Maverick Sculpt. The tinctures in the crest – which looks like a leghorn – are indicated by the words, gules and or, engraved outside, and connected with the parts thus tinctured by dotted lines, – a new method. Of New York. Illustrated in “Art Amateur,” March, 1894.

173. Coffin. Coffin arms: name erased.

Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, Post tenebras speramus lumen de lumine. Signed, J. Akin Sculp. The name N. W. Coffin is written upon the copy at hand. The arms are of the family of Sir Isaac Coffin, who was born in Boston, 1759.

174. Coffin. Hector Coffin.

Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, Exstant recte factus praemia. Signed, J. Akin del. F. Kearny Sc. Of Boston.

175. Coffin. John Coffin. 1771.

Armorial. A frame of Jacobean tendencies. Motto-ribbon empty. Of Massachusetts.

176. Colden. Cadwallader D. Colden.

Plain armorial. Motto, Fais bien crains rien. Mayor of New York City in 1818. Friend and coadjutor of De Witt Clinton.

177. Columbia College. Columbia College Library New York.

Allegorical. The scene is out-of-doors; a throne placed on rising ground is occupied by the Goddess of Learning; the Shekinah blazes above and the rising sun peeps over the horizon. Three little nude beginners in learning stand before the Goddess, in whose hand an open book is extended bearing the motto, Λογια Ζὡνζα. From her mouth a scroll issues bearing in Hebrew the motto, אוריאר Let there be light. Beneath this scene is the reference I Pet. II i. 2 &c. The name of the library appears upon the circular frame which encloses the whole scene; the motto, In lumine tuo videbimus lumen, follows the inner line of the circle. Above, an urn is overfilled with the blossoms of knowledge, while the background of the whole is a brick wall. Signed, Anderson sculp.

178. Connecticut Theological Institute. Theol. Institute of Con. 1833. Presented by

Pictorial. The representation is of a pulpit with winding stairs on either side, and a very tall solemn-looking sounding-board behind it, partially hid by a curtain. The front panel of the pulpit has the following, ΚΗΡΥΣΣΟΜΕΝ ΧΡΙΣΤΟΝ ἙΣΤΑΥΡΩΜΕΝ.