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States: "Ex Libris Adelle Webber Gray"; depicts a lighted oil lamp and several books. Personal bookplate for Adelle Webber Gray. A modest book collector from Elmira, New York. In her will she left five hundred dollars to her local library, which was…

States: "Anna L. Potteiger Her Book/ On Books for to rede I me delyte -Chaucer"; depicts woman in classical dress with books, busts, flowers and work of art. Chaucer's line was "On bokes for to rede I me delyte" (from The Legend of Good Women - The F…

States: "Newcastle upon Tyne Public Libraries Central Reference Library"; "Fortiter Defendit Triumphans [triumphing by a brave defence]" ; annotated: Class 705 Number 06950; depicts coat of arms of Newcastle upon Tyne; double-lined border. Bookplate…

States: "Fiorensa Ex Libris"; annotated "Erna Mandowsky"; depicts Florence Cathedral overlooking a medieval wall; brown border. Personal bookplate for Erna Mandowsky. Mandowsky was a German art historian, who studied under Erwin Panofsky . Forced to…

States: "Winslow + Anna Ames / 27.VI.31 / Fama Candida Rosa Dulcior [fame is sweeter than the white rose]"; depicts white rose surrounded by text. Winslow Ames was an art historian, museum director, and art collector. The text is the motto of the…

States: "Julian Ellsworth Garnsey / His Book"; depicts quill, paintbrush and inkpot. Personal bookplate for Julian Ellsworth Garnsey, a painter and muralist who was born in New York and lived most of his life in California. He was the 11th president…

States: " Ex Libris Blanche M. Harnan"; depicts sailing ship at sea with gulls and full moon. Personal bookplate for Blanche M. Harnan (also known as Mrs. William L. Harnan). Blanche M. Harnan was the founder of the Seattle Ceramic Society in 1940, a…

States: "By The Name Of Osgood"; depicts coat of arms with three sheaves of wheat. Personal Bookplate for F. H. (Frank) Osgood, 1852-1939. Osgood, was President and General Manager of the Seattle Electric Railway and Power Company . He is credited…

States: "J Davis Barnett Ex Libris / Homo Unicus Libris [this phrase is open to interpretation, but roughly means a unique man of books]"; depicts bookshelf with satyr head, scroll, inkpot, lion bookends, books and a scientific instrument. Personal…

States: "Wild / Avance [advance]"; depicts coat of arms with chevron and three martlets, or birds, crest of a stag. Family coat of arms of the Wild family, Canterbury and Lewisham, county Kent.