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States: "Inter Folia Fructus [among the leaves fruit]/ Ex Libris Harris C. Fahnestock New York"; depicts a female nude leaning on a stele filled with classical symbols of the arts and knowledge. signed with monogram 'SW.' Harris C. Fahnestock was a…

States: "Ex Libris"; annotated: "Blanche M. Harnan"; depicts a flying horse in the night sky; decorative border. Personal bookplate for Blanche M. Harnan. Personal bookplate for Blanche M. Harnan. Blanche M. Harnan was the founder of the Seattle…

States: "Ex Libris Blanche Harnan"; depicts a house, opened book, candle, trees. Personal bookplate for Blanche M. Harnan. Blanche M. Harnan was the founder of the Seattle Ceramic Society in 1940, a society dedicated to the collection of…

States: "Omnia Libertate Ex Libris Petri Tempels Bruxellensis"; depicts a coat of arms with the compass and square of freemasonry, supported by an olive branch and a woody branch. Personal bookplate for Pierre Tempels (1825 - 1925), a was a Belgian…

States: "Ex Libris Julia M. Fairbanks"; depicts an opened book. Personal bookplate for Julia M. Fairbanks (1877 - 1969), a Boston area socialite.

States: "I enjoy sharing my books as I do my friends, asking only that you treat them well and see them safely home."; annotated: "Mary V. Curtis"; decorative border of leaves and flowers. Personal bookplate for Mary V. Curtis.

States: "Fras ci Grant E Libris 1880"; depicts a tree with frogs on and around it, with a farming valley beyond; Grant (or Wiseman?) family coat of arms with chevron in the upper left-hand corner; decorated border. Bookplate possibly for Colonel…

States: "Ex Libris Louis E. Lord / Frances P. Lord"; depicts a Greek male sitting under a tree reading a scroll, surrounded by images of a dolphin and salamander, a ship with goose figurehead, people disembarking to a city. Personal bookplate for…

States: "Cum Libris Semper Et Ubique Jucunda Societas [with the books of every time and place delights of society]"; annotated: "Offert à M. Leon Capitaine 7 Oct 1880 / château de Colligny/ [illegible]"; depicts ornate stylized initials. Possibly…

States: "Julia Parker Wightman"; depicts a trio of men on horseback hunting a rabbit in the woods. Personal bookplate for Julia Parker Wightman, a rare book collector, and Morgan Library trustee.