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By Winward Prescott

Published 1915
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INTRODUCTION A DEFENSE OF BOOKPLATES	13
libris, chippendale, armorial
BOOKPLATES OF UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES	33
bookplate, spenceley, princetonians
BOOKPLATES OF WOMENS COLLEGES	215
underbill, vassar, alumnae
BOOKPLATES OF PROFESSIONAL INSTITUTIONS	237
krauth, librarian, drexel
BOOKPLATES OF ACADEMIES AND SCHOOLS	252
deaconesses, burlingame, garten
BOOKPLATES OF INDIVIDUALS	267
dunster, spenceley, hopson

BOOKPLATES OF FRATERNITIES	316
winward, princetonians, nitzsche
BOOKPLATES OF COLLEGE ANNUALS	353
winfred, tiffany, davison
APPENDIX TO THE COLLECTION OF BOOKPLATES	371
stickney, grolier, flameng
SOME AMERICAN DESIGNERS OF BOOKPLATES	459
blazier, roslindale, millsaps
INDEX	469

LELAND STANFORD JR JEWEL FUND Frontispiece	50
wheelan, spinello, janeway
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY CLUB	80
ticals, fuertes, sigillum
MARIETTA COLLEGE	144
nickels, nitzsche, wetmore
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN HIBERNIAN	208
vassar, corthell, radcliffe
VASSAR COLLEGE FRANCES WOOD small	232
alumnae, hopson, gothic
WELLESLEY COLLEGE SOPHIE JEWETT	232
dunster, stickney, grolier
VERMONT HISTORICAL SOCIETY	398
grevel, stargardt, graveurs
BROWN UNIVERSITY Ives	461
blazier, millsaps, marietta

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30 Bromfield St., Boston, Mass - Page 459
ELWELL, HENRY S., 30 Bromfield St., Boston, Mass. ENGLER, ARTHUR, 58 High St., W. Nutley, NJ EVERETT, RAYMOND, Instructor in Drawing, University of ...

15 Court Square, Boston, Massachusetts - Page 270
ELISHA BROWN BIRD 15 Court Square, Boston, Massachusetts Designed by himself. Class of 1891 and Art Critic of "The Technique" of Massachusetts ...

57 Richmond Avenue, Worcester, Massachusetts - Page 308
KENNETH and MOLLIE LEWIS KENNETH AND MOLLIE LEWIS 57 Richmond Avenue, Worcester, Massachusetts Designed by Charles R. ...

54 N. 17th St., East Orange, NJ - Page 465
MACDONALD, ARTHUR N., 54 N. 17th St., East Orange, NJ MACKENZIE, ALEXANDER WILLIAM, 33 Ohio Ave., Columbus, O. MAINE, UNIVERSITY OF, Ralph K. ...

79 Fourth St., Bangor, Me - Page 468
ALICE BRALEY, 79 Fourth St., Bangor, Me. VAN DYKE, HENRY, American Minister, Legation of the United States of America, The Hague, Netherlands. ...

730 Whitney Ave., New Haven, Conn - Page 464
HOPSON WF, President, American Bookplate Society, 730 Whitney Ave., New Haven, Conn. HOWARD, CURTIS C., Professor of Toxicology, Ohio State University ...

1551 Canal St., New Orleans, La - Page 468
TULANE UNIVERSITY, SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, Jane Grey Rogers, Librarian, 1551 Canal St., New Orleans, La. ULBRICH Co., OTTO, 386 Main St., Buffalo, ...

18 Atherton Ave., Roslindale, Mass - Page 468
GP, 18 Atherton Ave., Roslindale, Mass. WILLIAMS, HENRY A., AM, 223 Woodland Ave., Columbus, O. WILLIAMS COLLEGE, Christine Price, BS, Librarian in ...

15 Vernon St.. Brookline, Mass - Page 460
15 Vernon St.. Brookline, Mass. SCHWABACHER, EDWIN R., 16 Produce Exchange Bldg., New York. City. SCHWEINFURTH. JULIUS A. (Architect), 53 State St., ...

46 Reed St., Asheville, NC - Page 461
ACHARD, HJ, MD, 46 Reed St., Asheville, NC ADAMS, GB, Professor, Yale University, 57 Edgehill Road, New Haven, Conn. ...

78 High St., Waltham, Mass - Page 467
THOMPSON, FRED I., 78 High St., Waltham, Mass. TIFFANY, EDGAR L., 33 Mathews Hall, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. ...

26 Lime St., Boston, Mass - Page 459
3rd St., Cleveland, DWIGGENS, WA, 26 Lime St., Boston, Mass. Ohio. ELECTRIC CITY ENGRAVING Co., Buffalo, NY EDWARDS, GEORGE WHARTON, Washington, ...

57 Edgehill Road, New Haven, Conn - Page 461
ACHARD, HJ, MD, 46 Reed St., Asheville, NC ADAMS, GB, Professor, Yale University, 57 Edgehill Road, New Haven, Conn. ...

1510 Walnut St., Philadelphia, Pa - Page 466
PHILADELPHIA, UNIVERSITY CLUB OF, 1510 Walnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. PHILLIPS ACADEMY, Sarah L. Frost, Librarian, Andover, Mass. ...

87 Coolidge St., Brookline, Mass - Page 463
T., 87 Coolidge St., Brookline, Mass. GOUCHER COLLEGE, Joseph S. Shefloe, Ph.D., Baltimore, Md. GRAHAM, HB, Delaware, O. GRAVES, WILLIAM L., MA, ...

29 Berwick Rd., Newton Centre, Mass - Page 466
PRESCOTT, WALTER CONWAY, 29 Berwick Rd., Newton Centre, Mass. PRESCOTT, WINWARD, PO Box 3066, Boston, Mass. PRESTON, MRS. GEORGE M., North Billerica, ...

223 Walnut Ave., Roxbury, Mass - Page 463
ME, 223 Walnut Ave., Roxbury, Mass. GYSAN, REV. WILLIAM H., Columbus, O. HABER, ROY, BA, LL.B., 160 West 9th Ave., Columbus, 0. ...

Lawrence, Kansas - Page 297
of Harvard College in the class of 1895. An attractive design showing the use of Harvard arms. From the collection of AW Clark, MD, Lawrence, Kansas. ...

Sewanee, Tennessee - Page 177
UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES. THE UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH Sewanee, Tennessee Designed by the Rev. Arthur Howard Noll, LL.D., Sewanee, Tennessee. ...

Williamstown, Massachusetts - Page 204
Williamstown, Massachusetts The William Wisner Adams bookplate was designed to mark books presented by an alumnus and trustee of Williams College. ...

New Haven, Connecticut - Page 209
New Haven, Connecticut The bookplate designed by Mr. WF Hopson for the Yale Library represents a Colonial table on which lies a collection of books. ...

Cleveland, Ohio - Page 284
DODGE Overlook Road, Cleveland, Ohio The attractiveness of this unique bookplate is due to the combining of the seals of both Harvard and Yale. ...

Detroit - Page 321
A plate of rather unusual style of an Albion and Harvard man, designed by AC Tixier, of Detroit, with proper credit for the coat of arms and crest ...

Cambridge, Mass - Page 268
He died at Cambridge, Mass., in 1866. He was a man of broad views and great public spirit; and was specially interested in the soldiers' fund, ...

ANDOVER,MASSACHUSETTS - Page 258
ANDOVER,MASSACHUSETTS PHILLIPS ACADEMY Andover, Massachusetts The engraved bookplate reproduced herewith is no longer in use, having been replaced by ...

Boston - Page 281
Davis lived in the suburbs of Boston and became particularly at-tached to historic old Concord, photographing most of the objects of interest in this ...

Crawfordsville, Indiana - Page 193
Crawfordsville, Indiana One of a number of bookplates of circular design, the others being of entirely different details and used to mark books in the ...

New York City - Page 399
Canfield was a member of the Authors Club and of the Century Club during his residence in New York City. This plate is steel engraved. 399.

Ann Arbor, Michigan - Page 137
correct engraving, with a magnificent subject for the engraver to work upon. From the collection of Mr. Theodore W. Koch, Ann Arbor, Michigan. ...

Lebanon, New York - Page 374
The old Shaker church at Lebanon, New York, and two of the presiding ministry are shown. In the upper corners the Shaker writings and the Shaker ...

Newton Centre, Mass - Page 10
Walter Conway Prescott of Newton Centre, Mass.; Mr. Clifford Nickels Carver, Secretary of the American Embassy, London; The American Antiquarian ...

Providence, Rhode Island - Page 50
Providence, Rhode Island Bookplate of the Wheaton Collection of International Law in the Library of Brown University, with portrait of Henry Wheaton. ...

Cincinnati - Page 155
White was at one time President of Purdue University and later Superintendent of Public Schools, Cincinnati. Ohio. ...

Columbus, Ohio - Page 312
RATH-MERRILL Principal Columbus School of Applied Decoration and Art, Columbus, Ohio The heraldry is: the Crest, the emblem of the Blessed Virgin as ...

Bristol, RI - Page 250
Saltmarsh of Bristol, RI This collection of books, given by his son to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, belonged to the late General Francis ...

Pembroke, Mass - Page 287
It was presented to the College in 1841 by the three Misses Dunster of Pembroke, Mass., daughters of Rev. Isaiah Dunster and lineal descendants of the ...

Worcester, Mass - Page 10
Clifford Nickels Carver, Secretary of the American Embassy, London; The American Antiquarian Society of Worcester, Mass.; Mr. ...

Chicago - Page 341
Sturgis Hooper Professor of Geology in Harvard University 1865-1896. State Geologist of California. From the collection of Mr. Ruthven Deane, Chicago. ...

Pittsburgh - Page 339
CV Kirby, of Pittsburgh, in 1907. The central feature is Clio, the Muse of History. The coat of arms and motto are those of the Walmsley family. ...

Ithaca, NY - Page 231
The Wells College Library bookplate was designed by Miss Katharine Fuertes of Ithaca, NY The owl's head was drawn by her brother, Mr. ...

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Page 238
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania This bookplate, an award of a competitive contest in the Drexel Institute Course in Design and Decoration, marks the George ...

Norfolk, Va - Page 192
Tunstall of Norfolk, Va., has given to the library of the University of Virginia a fund for the purchase of rare and fine editions of the poets, ...

Halifax - Page 140
Windsor is the port and capital of Hants County, Nova Scotia, about forty miles northwest of Halifax. The college is controlled by the Anglican Church ...

Baltimore, Md - Page 231
The daisy, represented in the border of the bookplate, is the college flower. The bookplate was engraved by A. Hoen & Company of Baltimore, Md. ...

San Francisco - Page 54
The tower in the center is that of the synagogue in Sutter Street, San Francisco, before the conflagration of 1906. ...

Mitchell, South Dakota - Page 218
It represents the front of the oldest Hall of the College. Designed by Mrs. Hartley-Anderson, of Mitchell, South Dakota. Given by Mrs. Elisabeth C. ...

Rock Hill, South Carolina - Page 339
JAMES ELLIOTT WALMSLEY Professor of History, Winthrop College, Rock Hill, South Carolina Done by Mr. CV Kirby, of Pittsburgh, in 1907. ...

Minneapolis, Minnesota - Page 351
Blackburn, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Original printed in brown ink. The floral emblem is the white carnation. ...

Lafayette, Ind - Page 269
BENJAMIN Dean, Schools of Engineering, Purdue University, Lafayette, Ind. Designed and drawn by Miss Marian Benjamin, now Mrs. CG Woodbury. ...

Milwaukee, Wisconsin - Page 208
Engravings made by The Hammersmith Engraving Co., Milwaukee, Wisconsin. ARTHUR PEABODY, University Architect. ...

Jackson, Mississippi - Page 307
ALFRED ALLAN KERN Professor of English, Millsaps College, Jackson, Mississippi A personal bookplate designed by LeRoy E. and Emily Wil-liams Kern, ...

Manchester, NH - Page 42
Samuel Hazen Ayer of Manchester, NH, a friend of President Franklin Pierce, and bears the shield and motto of the Athenaean Society, ...

Indianapolis - Page 364
The University Club, of Indianapolis, to which belong many Indiana celebrities, and others whose residence is confined to the state, ...

Troy, NY - Page 120
Used for the books bequeathed the previous year by Edward Ray Thompson of Troy, NY,—a library of nearly two thousand volumes of standard English and ...

Albany, NY - Page 95
Wat-son, Acting Director New York State Library, Albany, NY, bearing evidence of the fire which destroyed that library on March 29. ...

Berkeley, California - Page 295
Designed by Sheldon Cheney, Berkeley, California. From the collection of AW Clark, MD, Lawrence, Kansas. ...

Washington, DC - Page 468
TRINITY COLLEGE, Sister Mary Patricia, Librarian, Washington, DC TULANE UNIVERSITY, SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, Jane Grey Rogers, Librarian, 1551 Canal St., ...

Liberty, Mo - Page 468
Edwards, Librarian, Liberty, Mo. WINCHESTER, GF, in care of Free Public Library, Patterson, NJ WISCONSIN STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Madison, Wis. ...

Madison, Wis - Page 468
WINCHESTER, GF, in care of Free Public Library, Patterson, NJ WISCONSIN STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Madison, Wis. WISCONSIN, UNIVERSITY OF, Arthur ...

Aurora, NY - Page 468
Sanborn, Librarian, Aurora, NY WASHINGTON. UNIVERSITY OF, William E. Henry, Librarian, Seattle, Wash. WELLESLEY COLLEGE, Mary Caswell, Secretary to ...

Wellesley, Mass - Page 468
WELLESLEY COLLEGE, Mary Caswell, Secretary to the President, Wellesley, Mass. WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY, WJ James, Librarian, Middletown, Conn. ...

Winchester, Mass - Page 459
BICKNELL, WHW, Winchester, Mass. BIRD, ELISHA BROWN, 15 Court Square, Boston, Mass. BLACKBURN, OSCAR T., 620 Nicollet Ave., Minneapolis, Minn. ...

Jackson, Miss - Page 468
WITHERS, AM, Professor Millsaps College, Jackson, Miss. WORCESTER, MASS., FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY OF, Robert K. Shaw, Librarian. WYER, SS, Harrison Bldg., ...

Hamilton, NY - Page 462
COLGATE UNIVERSITY, DF Estes, Librarian, Hamilton, NY COLLEGE OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, Henry E. Bliss, Librarian, 139th St., New York City. ...

Buffalo, NY - Page 459
JOHN A., Canisius College, Buffalo, NY DEMPSEY & CARROLL, New York City. DODD, MEAD & Co., New York City. ECLIPSE ELECTROTYPE & ENGRAVING Co., 2041 E. ...

LEON, NY - Page 460
HENTZ, LEON, NY Sun, New York City. HIGHT, FRANCIS, Winchester, Mass. HOLLYER, SAMUEL, Guttenberg, NY HOPSON, WF, 730 Whitney Ave., New Haven, Conn. ...

CARROLL, New York - Page 459
JOHN A., Canisius College, Buffalo, NY DEMPSEY & CARROLL, New York City. DODD, MEAD & Co., New York City. ECLIPSE ELECTROTYPE & ENGRAVING Co., 2041 E. ...

Hanover, NH - Page 467
RUGG, HAROLD GODDARD, AB, Hanover, NH RUTGERS COLLEGE, Geo. A. Osborn, Librarian, New Brunswick, NJ ST. MARY'S OF THE SPRINGS COLLEGE AND ACADEMY, ...

Billings - Page 117
The seal part of this plate was re-engraved by Billings & Smith about 1855, and the seal and arms returned to the original forms and inscrip-tions. ...

Sioux Falls, SD - Page 461
Main Ave., Sioux Falls, SD ANN ARBOR, MICH., PUBLIC LIBRARY OF, Nellie S. Loving, Librarian. AUGUSTANA COLLEGE, Marcus Skarstedt, Librarian, ...

Hanover, Ind - Page 464
HUBER, LL, Registrar, Hanover College, Hanover, Ind. ILLINOIS, UNIVERSITY OF, COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, Metta M. Loomis, Librarian, Congress and Honore ...

HARTFORD, CONN - Page 463
HARTFORD, CONN., PUBLIC LIBRARY OF, AT Cummings, Assistant Librarian. HARVARD CLUB OF BOSTON, A. Carroll Binder, Librarian, 374 Commonwealth Ave., ...

Montpelier, Vt - Page 468
VERMONT HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Dorman BE Kent, Librarian, Montpelier, Vt. WELLS COLLEGE, Alice E. Sanborn, Librarian, Aurora, NY WASHINGTON. ...

Nutley, NJ - Page 459
Nutley, NJ EVERETT, RAYMOND, Instructor in Drawing, University of Texas, Austin. FAY, WILLIAM ERNI, 78 Perin Bldg., Cincinnati, Ohio. ...

UTICA, NY - Page 468
UTICA, NY, PUBLIC LIBRARY OF, FT Proctor, Chairman Library Committee. UTLEY, GEORGE B., Ph.B., Secretary American Library Association, 78 E. ...

Lancaster, Pa - Page 463
FRANKLIN AND MARSHALL COLLEGE, Madeleine Schiedt, Librarian, Lancaster, Pa. FRENCH, THOMAS E., Professor of Engineering Drawing, Ohio State University ...

Hollins, Va - Page 464
Cocke, President, Hollins, Va. HOOPER, OSMAN C., AM, Editor, Columbus Dispatch, Columbus, O. HOPSON WF, President, American Bookplate Society, ...

Schenectady, NY - Page 468
UNION COLLEGE, DeWitt Clinton, Librarian, Schenectady, NY UNIVERSITY PRESS, AC Sneed, Director, Sewanee, Tenn. UTICA, NY, PUBLIC LIBRARY OF, ...

Seattle, Wash - Page 468
Henry, Librarian, Seattle, Wash. WELLESLEY COLLEGE, Mary Caswell, Secretary to the President, Wellesley, Mass. WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY, WJ James, ...

Manhattan, Kan - Page 464
KANSAS STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, Manhattan, Kan. KANSAS STATE LIBRARY, James L. King, Librarian, Topeka, Kan. KENYON COLLEGE, ED Devol, Librarian, ...

Millbury, Mass - Page 334
The centre motif of the Taft bookplate is the Torrey home-stead in Millbury, Mass. This was Mr. Taft's home during his youth. ...

Flemington, NJ - Page 462
DEATS, HE, Flemington, NJ DELAWARE CITY LIBRARY, Mrs. Margaret Lahr, Librarian, Delaware, O. DENISON UNIVERSITY LIBRARY, Professor WHJohnson, ...

Cedar Rapids - Page 465
MINER, WILLIAM HENRY, Cedar Rapids, la. MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY, St. Paul, Minn. MINNESOTA, UNIVERSITY OF, James T. ...

Houghton, Mich - Page 464
D., Regent, University of Michigan, Houghton, Mich. HUBER, LL, Registrar, Hanover College, Hanover, Ind. ILLINOIS, UNIVERSITY OF, COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, ...

Geneva, NY - Page 464
HH Yeames, AB, AM, Librarian, Geneva, NY HOCKETT, HOMER C., Professor, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. HOLLAND SOCIETY, Edward Van Winkle, ...

Hyde Park, Mass - Page 460
JACQUES, WL, Hyde Park, Mass. JONES, HAYDEN, Jamaica Plain, Mass. JOYCE, ADELINE, 500 Boyleston St., Boston, Mass. JUNGE, CARL S., 330 Pease Court, ...

South Bethlehem, Pa - Page 465
LEHIGH UNIVERSITY LIBRARY, South Bethlehem, Pa. LELAND STANFORD, JR., UNIVERSITY, George T. Clark, Librarian, Stanford University, Cal. ...

Fargo, ND - Page 425
(Fargo, ND: For the Author, 1903.) A Portfolio of Bookplates. Being a Fourth Collection of Twelve Proofs. (Wellsville, NY: For the Author, 1906.) ...

Lewiston, Idaho - Page 306
AL Kocher, a student of the University in the class of 1909, now architect, Lewiston, Idaho. It was drawn with-out any suggestion from me, ...

Orono, Me - Page 465
Jones, BS, Librarian, Orono, Me. MARIETTA COLLEGE, George J. Blazier, AB, Librarian, Marietta, O. MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, RP Bigelow, ...

Cambridge - Page 362
On the right are the arms of Cambridge and Emmanuel, the University and College of John Harvard. The connecting ribbon represents the search for ...

London - Page 71
Duncombe Bristowe, DD, of London, a worthy member of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, bequeathed his library, consisting of upwards of ...

Paris - Page 153
which is employed to mark the volumes contributed as the nucleus of The Siebert Library of German History by the late William Siebert, Esq., of Paris, ...

Bangkok - Page 119
other Siamese princes and officials, subscriptions amounting to 1924 ticals, while Europeans residing in Bangkok made up a further sum of 1565 ticals. ...

Florence - Page 235
The words chosen by the donor, "Vita Nuova," appear above the fleur de lis, which is symbolic of the city of Florence and, in this case, ...

Venice - Page 393
The method of printing sheets imposed in forms of eight paxes was not in fashion before it was adopted by Aldus Manutius, of Venice, in his edition of ...

Munich - Page 111
and augmented by many additions, such as the Pfister li-brary, bought in Munich in 1906, and donations by the German Government and Prussian and other ...

Amsterdam - Page 287
First President of Harvard College The earlier, "March 27, 1629," is found in a little copy of Tacitus, edited by Lipsius, and printed in Amsterdam, ...

Berlin - Page 423
Mitteilungen Des Exlibris Vereins zu Berlin. Herausgegeben von W. Von Zur Westen. Verlegt im Auftrage des Exlibris Vereins zu Berlin, ...

Copenhagen - Page 107
The Hammer plate, engraved in Copenhagen, is unique in design, different from any other plate in use at Harvard. ...