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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: "Denver Public Library"; annotated: "From the Library of William E. Porter 1959"; decorated border. Bookplate for the Denver Public Library. William E. Porter was a Denver area businessman and supporter of libraries, also providing funds for…

States: "Deus Nobis Haec Otia Fecit [God gave us this leisure] / Fritz And Harriet Hyde"; coat of arms with there lozenges surrounding a chevron, two eagle supporters, and a crown. Bookplate bears the Hyde family coat of arms. Drs. Fritz and Harriet…

States: "Dr. Oscar Troplowitz Ex Libris"; depicts lady with harp walking towards the entrance of a building, bird on top of the harp, monkey with a cornucopia, owl with a chalice and snake. Personal bookplate for Dr. Oscar Troplowitz. Dr. Troplowitz,…

States: "Essex Institute 1821 1836 1848 The Library Of The Essex Institute"; annotated: "Presented By Indiana Historical Commission Received April 10, 1917 977.22-Il"; double-lined border; depicts lighted oil lamp with three books. Bookplate for the…

States: "Ex Libris"; depicts an opened book which reads "May blessings be upon the head of Cadmus, the Phoenicians, or whoever it was that invented books - Carlyle." Mass production bookplate. Quote from Thomas Carlyle.

States: "Ex Libris [possibly] James M. Moroney Jr."; depicts a man in colonial attire on a horse; framed border. Possible personal bookplate for James M. Moroney Jr., a Dallas business man who helped create the Belo Corporation, one of the country’s…

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: "Ex libris Alice Brayton"; depicts a topiary garden with sculpted trees, shrubs, and animals. Personal bookplate for Alice Brayton. Alice Brayton oversaw the transformation of her family's estate in Portsmouth, Rhode Island into Green Animals…

States: "Ex Libris Arthur Geo. Grant Plumley"; signature of bookplate artist at the bottom F Burlison; depicts three muses, holding a lyre, a piece of parchment, and a palette, respectively, in the foreground of woods. Personal bookplate for Arthur…