Chapter VI: Part 6

585. MOORE. _Lambert Moore. Esqr._

Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Virtus interrita pergit_. This plate is not signed, but is unmistakably the work of Dawkins. The half-draped female on the left side is the same as that on the Whitehead Hicks plate, and the music-making shepherd on the right is reversed from the Benjamin Kissam plate.

586. MOORE. _Nathl. F. Moore._

Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. No motto. Signed, _P. Maverick_. Of New York. President of Columbia College, 1842-1849.

587. MOORE. _Saml. W. Moore._

Plain armorial. Motto, _Non est vivere sed valere vita_. Of New York.

588. MOREAU. _John B. Moreau._

Literary. The name on an open book, floating in the clouds.

589. MORGAN. _John Morgan. M.D. Philadelphia._

Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Fama praestante praestantior virtus_. This plate is not signed, but is very much in the style of Dawkins’ work. A cupid sits on a flourish of the decoration and pats a large bust on its crown, presumably representing sculpture. At the other side two cupids discuss astronomical problems with a globe for reference. One of these little fellows is an African evidently. Eminent physician educated abroad. One of the founders of the American Philosophical Society, 1769.

590. MORONG. _Thomas Morong._

Literary. A pile of books, some open, some closed, lies at the foot of a cross, above which the crown is seen in glory. A ribbon runs over the face of one book, bearing the motto, _Sola salus servire Deo_. A line of Hebrew is given across the open book.

591. MORRIS. _Gouverneur Morris._

Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Tandem vincitur_. One fold of the ribbon empty, as if possibly made for a larger motto; a stock pattern. This is the same copper as the Lewis Morris mentioned below, with the first name changed. Statesman and orator. Illustrated in “Art Amateur,” February, 1894.

592. MORRIS. _J. M._

Crest only. (Morris of Philadelphia.)

593. MORRIS. _James Morris._

Armorial. Chippendale. No motto. A very handsome plate, rich in appearance, and full of decorative features. Open books, globe, and scrolls at the base indicate a literary taste. The sides of the frame are embellished with the caduceus and a cornucopia of fruit. Of New York.

594. MORRIS. _Lewis Morris Esqr._

Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Tandem vincitur_. Father of Gouverneur Morris.

595. MORRIS. _Roger Morris._

Armorial. Early Chippendale. No motto. The mantling is present, very straight and stiff; the shell-work is prominent, and the whole design is rather formal than graceful. Illustrated in “Curio,” page 112.

596. MORRIS. _William Morris._

An engraved label, the name being within an oval frame of laurel leaves. Signed, _Shallus Sculpt._

597. MORRISON. _John Morrison. Portland. U. S. America._

Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Dum spiro spero_. A very neat design. The sprays which are crossed beneath the shield are connected above by a row of thirteen stars.

598. MURRAY. _James Murray._

Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Mens sibi conscia recti_. Of Virginia.

599. MURRAY. _John Murray._

Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. No motto.

600. MURRAY. _The Revd. John Murray._

Armorial in form, but no true arms shown. The motto, _Malo mori quam foedari_, is on a circular band which encloses a space, divided into quarters, colored heraldically and charged with absurd charges; in the first quarter, which is tinctured az., a shield with a helmet above is supported by a row of fence posts with cinquefoils between them; the second, which is tinctured ar., is divided per saltire, and is charged with a powder-horn, a crescent and stars, an ox-bow, and a crown; the third, which is tinctured gu., has Gabriel and Apollyon in combat, with a crown above them; the fourth, which is tinctured az., has the dove with the olive branch on a peculiar cross which holds thirteen spots (for lack of a better term); disposed about are three flaming hearts. This whole design is enclosed in a large shield; the crest is a man on a prancing steed, carrying a tomahawk; the supporters are a nude Indian with a wreath about his loins, his feet chained, and the end of the chain and a shield in his hands; and a crowned lion with three stars on its body. Motto, under all, _Juncta virtute fides_. This plate is not signed. What a pity! Very probably the plate of the Father of American Universalism, who it is said was greeted with a shower of stones when he first tried to preach in Boston.

601. MURRAY. _Joseph Murray._

Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Virtute fideque_. Not signed, but evidently by Maverick.

602. MURRAY. _Murray Earl of Dunmore._

Armorial. Supporters, mantling, and crown. Motto, _Furth--Fortune_. John Murray, fourth Earl. Made Governor of New York, 1770; and of Virginia, 1771.

603. MUSGRAVE. _Richard Musgrave._

Plain armorial. Motto, _Sans changer_. On the copy before me is written, _of New Haven Connecticut_.

604. NELSON. _The arms of the Rt. Hon. George Nelson Esq. Ld. Mayor._

Armorial. Late Jacobean. No motto. Of Virginia.

605. NEWBERRY. _Roger Newberry’s Property._

An engraved label with a festoon above, and the following motto below:--

_To Virtue & Science attend,_
_And Truth & Justice befriend._

606. NEWBURYPORT. _Newburyport Athenæum._

Pictorial. A large American eagle about to rise from a pile of rocks bears a ribbon in his beak with the name upon it.

607. NEWELL. _Timothy Newell._

Military. The name is given within a frame, behind which are seen a various assortment of military implements,--flags, swords, guns, drums, trumpets, etc. Signed, _I. Thomas print_. This is a woodcut, and was printed by Isaiah Thomas, the early printer of Worcester, Mass.

608. NEWPORT, R.I. _Redwood Library. Newport. R.I._

Pictorial. A large picture of the library building. Signed, _Drawn by James Stevens Civil Engr. Engd. by W. D. Terry Newport_. The library used other smaller plates, a simple label, and also another view of the building with the rules governing the use of volumes printed with it.

609. NEWTON. _Lucretia E. Newton._

Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Cognosce occasionem_. This is the plate of John C. Williams, by Hurd, with the name and signature erased, and the present name printed from type under the shield. An unwarrantable proceeding.

610. NEW YORK. _Apprentices’ Library._

A pictorial plate of great beauty. In the immediate foreground an aged man, clad in classic garb, accosts two youths who have evidently but just risen, at his approach, from a moss-covered rock on which they had been studying, if the scattered books are an indication: with uplifted hand, the old man directs them to the temple of knowledge, which can be seen in the distance crowning the summit of a lofty hill: at the foot of the declivity the spires and houses of a village can be discerned: between it and the place of meeting a broad expanse of water stretches: a beehive at hand indicates activity, and the broken column behind the preceptor is a link connecting classic history with present time. Above the picture the muscular arm holds the hammer, and oak branches are about it. Signed, _A. Anderson. Sc._

611. NEW YORK. _The Property of the New York College of Pharmacy._

An oblong name-label, with flourishes. Above, a crucible is placed, with the rays of the sun spreading out behind it. Signed, _Rollinson Sc. New York_.

612. NEW YORK. _The Property of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of the University of the State of New York._

An oblong printed label with type border. This college was established in 1807, and is now a part of Columbia College.

613. NEW YORK. _New York Society Library._

This plate is armorial in form, but presents no real arms. The central frame, of Chippendale design, contains four quarterings, which represent the arts of Astronomy, Navigation, Geography, Mathematics, and Literature; Religion also is represented. Mercury and Minerva support the frame, standing upon the ribbon which bears the name; above the frame sits Apollo with his broad back to the full-shining sun; clouds which resemble toy balloons rise about him. Beneath the frame appear the outskirts of a city, with spires and towers visible; directly under this is the word _Athenia_ in Greek (presumably to suggest that New York City was the modern Athens); a closed chest with a lighted candle upon it has these words on it, _sed in candelabro_, and an open book bears across its face the motto, _Nosce teipsum_. Signed, _E. Gallaudet. Sc._ Illustrated in “Ex Libris Journal,” Vol. III, page 141.

614. NEW YORK. _New York Society Library._

Pictorial. The interior of the library is shown; Minerva, helmeted, and with spear resting against her arm, leans upon a pillar; before her, in obeisance, an American Indian, half draped, with tomahawk under his foot, receives from the hand of the gracious goddess a book. The well-filled shelves of the library are disclosed behind them, as the drawn curtain, upheld by cords, lets the sunlight stream in. This view is contained within an oval frame which rests upon a pedestal bearing on its face the name of the library; the whole is filled out to the edges of the plate by a background representing a brick wall. Signed, _Engd. by P. R. Maverick 65 Liberty Street_. A large painting of this design hangs in the library at present.

615. NEW YORK. _New York Society Library._

Allegorical. Minerva, just alighted from the clouds, with garments somewhat displaced by her flight through the air, and with clouds still about her, finds an Indian waiting to receive the volume she holds out to him; as he lays hold of it he seems to be offering his tomahawk in exchange. The shelves of the library are seen behind them, and in the gable the motto, _Emollit mores_, is painted. The oval frame enclosing this scene is upheld by ribbon and festoons, branches of oak are crossed beneath, and the plate is signed, _Maverick. Sct. Crown Street_.

616. NEW YORK. _New York Typographical Society._

Allegorical. A picture of Franklin’s press with the American flag and a liberty pole crossed before it; above, a large eagle with a medallion of Franklin depending from his beak. Not signed, but attributed to Anderson.

617. NORRIS. _George W. Norris._

Armorial. Chippendale. The same copper as the Isaac Norris, with the name changed. Signed, _W. G. M._

618. NORRIS. _Isaac Norris._

Armorial. Chippendale. No motto. Signed, _Jas. Turner Sc._ Of Philadelphia. Prominent statesman. He directed the placing of the prophetic inscription upon the old Liberty Bell. His library went to the Dickinson College. Illustrated in “Art Amateur,” February, 1894.

619. NORTH CAROLINA. _This book is the gift of ... to the University of North Carolina. Anno Dom._

These words appear within a frame of Chippendale ornamentation. Several books disposed about give a literary flavor to what is otherwise a rather meaningless design.

620. OGDEN. _Lewis Morris Ogden._

Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Et si ostendo non jacta_. Signed, _P. Maverick Sc 1801_.

621. OGDEN. (Anonymous.) The Ogden arms.

Chippendale. Motto, _Et si ostendo non jacto_. Of New Jersey.

622. OLCOTT. _George Olcott._

Literary. Very nearly the same as the George Goodwin and the Frederick Marsh.

623. OLMSTED. _Charles H. Olmsted._

Pictorial. The beehive surrounded by flowers. Motto, _Non sibi sed aliis_. The whole design enclosed in foliated scrolls.

624. OLMSTED. _H. B. Olmsted._

Pictorial. A beehive beneath low bushes.

625. OLIVER. _Andrew Oliver._

Armorial. Chippendale. Attributed to Hurd. Motto, _Pax quaeritur bello_. Of Massachusetts. Colonial statesman. Distributer of stamps under Hutchinson.

626. ORPHAN ASYLUM. _Orphan Asylum._

Pictorial. A beautiful little picture of the Christ blessing the little ones. The line, _Forasmuch as ye did it unto one of the least of these ye did it unto me_, is given under the vignette. Signed, _L. Simond del. Seney, Sc._

627. OSBORNE. _Peter Osborne._

Armorial. Chippendale. No motto. Of Philadelphia. Master of ship “Pennsylvania Packet,” sailing between Philadelphia and England. Lost in a gale in September, 1775.

628. OSBORNE. _Samuel Osborne._

Armorial. Early Chippendale. Motto-ribbon empty. Signed, _N. Hurd. Scp._ Of Boston. Brother of Captain Jeremiah Osborne, who died July 25th, 1768, on his passage from Isle of May to Newport. The only copy of this plate known to me is in the Mauran-Deats collection, and was taken by Mr. Mauran from a folio ledger of 1764.

629. OTIS. _Harrison Gray Otis._

Crest only. No motto. A graceful festoon on either side of the crest. Of Massachusetts. Statesman and orator.

630. OTIS. _James Otis. Feby 1773._

Plain name-label, belonging to the orator and patriot of Massachusetts.

631. OTIS. _James Otis, junr’s BOOK._

A large name-label with the name in big type, with the request, _Please return this with care_. An ornamental type border.

632. PACE. _Henry Pace._

The only information obtainable concerning this plate is the solitary fact that it is the work of Hurd. It is given in Warren’s “First List of English Engravers.”

633. PAGE. _Francis Page of the Inner Temple Esqr. 1703._

Early English. Full mantling envelopes the shield. Motto-ribbon empty. Of Virginia.

634. PAGE. _The Property of Samuel Page._

A frame of Chippendale decoration enclosing simply the name. Resembles the work of Hurd.

635. PAINE.

A pictorial plate of the celebrated political and deistical writer, Thomas Paine, is said to be known. Copied from a tail-piece in the “Gentleman’s Magazine.”

636. PANTON. _Frans. Panton._

Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Meliora spero_. Of New York. A hair-dresser. Had no right to the arms. Not signed, but undoubtedly by Maverick.

637. PANTON. _Francis Panton Junr._

Landscape. A very peculiar design. The shield is borne by two ducks, who have each an end of a ribbon in their bills, the shield being upheld by it over a stream; mountains in the background, each having one tree on its peak; ducks are swimming in the marsh, and four men in a boat seem in no hurry to get anywhere. Motto, _Spes meliora_. Signed, _Maverick Scp._ Of New York.

638. PARKE. _John Parke. Esqr. A. M._

Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Terra aut mari_. Signed, _I. S. Sculp._ This was engraved by Skinner, the famous engraver of Bath.

639. PARKER. _B. Parker._

Armorial. Jacobean. Motto, _Aude fieri justum_.

640. PARKER. _James Parker. Esqr._

Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Cave_. A very handsome plate.

641. PARKER. _Jas. Parker._

Pictorial. Landscape. In the immediate foreground a group of laborers are discussing the first railroad train, which is passing at a safe distance; the old-fashioned engine and car are moving to the left of the picture; behind, mountains, and lakes with shipping, and a distant village are seen. A very elaborate border encloses the scene.

642. PARKER. _Samuel Parker’s. No._

Pictorial. _Clio_, the Muse of history, sits upon a bank of earth on which her name is given, under the spreading branches of a tree; a youth on bended knee receives from her fair hand a volume; other books and a lyre would indicate that the Muse had further gifts to distribute, or was enjoying a stay at this place. In the dim distance rises the spire of the school, over which wheels an arrow of wild ducks. Of Roxbury, Mass.

643. PARKMAN. _John Parkman, BOSTON._

Pictorial. A large scroll is laid over a low bush, which it almost hides from view, and on this the name is printed. This is a woodcut border, with the name printed from type within it. Signed (cut in the wood), _Russell and Cutler printers_.

644. PARSONS. _Gorham Parsons._

A very pretty name-label; engraved on copper. The name, with appropriate flourishes, is enclosed within an oval wreath, festooned above, and with a cherub’s face among the flowers.

645. PARSONS. _William Parsons._

Name-label; engraved. Name in an oval frame and festooned above with flowers.

646. PASLEY. _William Pasley._

Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Be sure_. The thistle and rose used in the ornamentation. Not signed, but undoubtedly by Maverick. Of New York.

647. PAULDING. _J. K. Paulding._

Armorial in form, although no real arms are shown. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Fidelity_. The design of this plate is from the “Captor’s Medal.” An ancestor of the owner of this plate was the principal captor of Major André. A fine estate of the Pauldings’ lies on the Hudson River, with a castellated mansion of white marble, in which the notable library was housed. Author and politician.

648. PAULDING. _W. Paulding._

Armorial. Signed by Maverick.

649. PEIRSON. _A. L. Peirson._

Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Consilio manuque_. Signed, _Annin & Smith Sc._ Of Massachusetts.

650. PEASE. _Lewis Pease._

_The PROPERTY of the REV_

=L= _ong may you live to spread a Saviour’s name_:
=E= _ach day be hallow’d by a serious frame_.
=W= _isdom assigns the task--His call obey_:
=I= _n fear and meekness, point the narrow way_:
=S= _trong are your foes, but Christ is strong as they_.

=P= _ursue with pious zeal th’ road that Jesus trod_,
=E= _nforce his truths--Exalt a Saviour’s blood_:
=A= _ngelic spirits wait to guide you home_,
=S= _ustain the cross--shew Men their certain doom_,
=E= _nsnar’d by Sin a fatal end must come_.

_J ... h B ... n._

The above verse is printed from type and enclosed in a border of ornamental type.

651. PEASE. _Oliver Pease, Owner._

Pictorial. Motto, _Read and return_. Of Suffield, Conn. A physician. Date probably about 1800. Very similar to the Sally King, which see for a description.

652. PEASE. _Oliver Pease, Owner._

Pictorial. Motto, _Read and return_. A variety of the above, in which but one-half of the compass is shown, and a tessellated floor is laid under the pillars.

653. PELL. _William F. Pell._

Crest only. Motto, _Deus amici et nos_.

654. PENN. _Edmd. Penn._

Pictorial. A number of books rest upon a shelf; with them, an hour-glass, a sickle, and two sheaves of wheat; a wreath of oak leaves and palm is erected above them, and the name is given upon a scroll which falls over the edge of the shelf. Signed, _T. Baddick_.

655. PENN. _Thomas Penn of Stoke Pogeis in the County of Bucks First Proprietor of Pensilvania._

Early English. Arms and motto as in the succeeding plate, that of his father. Illustrated in “Curio,” page 14.

656. PENN. _William Penn Esqr Proprietor of Pennsylvania. 1703._

Armorial. Early English. Full mantling enveloping the whole shield. Motto, _Dum clavum teneam_. Illustrated in “Curio,” page 13.

657. PENN. (Anonymous.) Penn arms.

Supposed to be the plate of Thomas Penn, the son of William. The volume in which the only copy of this plate has been seen has the autograph of J. Logan, and the statement that the book was given to him by Thomas Penn. The William Penn plate is also in the book.

658. PENNINGTON. _Pennington._

Plain armorial. Motto, _Vincit amor patriae_. Of Pennsylvania.

659. PENNINGTON. _Edward Pennington._

Name-label; engraved. Festoon above, and sprays of palm and grape-vine below.

660. PENNINGTON. _Edward Pennington. Philadelphia._

Pictorial. A reservoir, from which the water is escaping, is overshadowed by palms of some kind. The significance of this design is mysterious. Signed, _J. J. Plocher. Sc._

661. PENNINGTON. _T. H. Pennington._

The name is printed from type within a circular frame which is engraved. The peculiarity of the plate is that after the abbreviation _No._ for the number of the volume, the word _Plates_ is given. Whether this was to be erased in volumes which were not illustrated, or the number of illustrations was to be given in those which had them, is hard to say.

662. PENNSYLVANIA. _The Historical Society of Pennsylvania._

Armorial. The arms of William Penn impaling those of the state. Motto, _Dum clavum teneam_.

663. PENNSYLVANIA. _The Historical Society of Pennsylvania._

A very handsome steel engraving of the coat-of-arms of the state of Pennsylvania. Motto, _Virtue, Liberty and Independence_. Another variety of this plate is intended as a gift-plate.

664. PEPPERELL. (Anonymous.) Sir William Pepperell.

Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Virtute patria tuemini_. A beautiful plate. On a ribbon at the very top, _Peperi_. William P. Sparhawk, grandson of the first Sir William Pepperell, assumed his name and was created a baronet, Oct. 29, 1774. This was undoubtedly his plate. The vast estates of the family were confiscated in 1778, as they were Loyalists. The crown allowed five hundred pounds to Sir William.

665. PERKINS. _Thomas Handasyd Perkins._

Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. No motto. A prominent merchant of Boston. Born, 1765.

666. PETIGRU. _James Louis Petigru._

Plain armorial. Motto, _Verité sans peur_. Prominent lawyer of Charleston, S.C. Born, 1789; died, 1863.

667. PHILADELPHIA. _Apprentices Library Co. of Philada._

A group of implements indicative of the work done by the patrons of the Library. On a panel of a desk are the words, _Instituted 1820_; below this, _Science, Art, Virtue_. An open book upon the desk displays these words, _Take fast hold of instruction let her not go for she is thy life. Proverbs. Ch. 1. ver. 17_.

668. PHILADELPHIA. _Apprentices Library Company of Phila. Instituted 1820. Opened for girls 1842._

This plate is a little later than the former, and the scene is shifted from the class-room to the forest: here by the running brook, overshadowed by the pines and oaks of the forest, a scroll is found upon a rock bearing the same quotation from Proverbs that appears upon the preceding plate. This is a woodcut very much in the style of Anderson.

669. PHILADELPHIA. _The Carpenters Company of Philadelphia, 1724._ Armorial in form. On the shield a square is used as a chevron, and is placed between three pairs of dividers. No tinctures. The full sun shines powerfully from above.

670. PHILADELPHIA. _The Library Company of Philadelphia._

The name printed from type within a border made up of ornamental type. Motto, _Communiter bona profundere Deorum est_. Signed, (_Printed by Zachariah Paulson jun. No 106 Chestnut-street. May. 1801_).

671. PHILIPSE. _Frederik Philipse. Esqr._

Armorial. Jacobean. No motto. The shield is backed by a brick wall, the foliations are shell-lined, and the upturned shell is in place under the shield. Of New York. Illustrated in “Curio,” page 111.

672. PHILLIPS. _Dinwiddie B. Phillips._

Plain armorial. Motto, _Ducit amor patriae_. Of Virginia.

673. PHILLIPS. _Samuel Phillips His Book 1707._

Name-label, with ornamental type border. Grandfather of the founder of the Academy at Andover and of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences at Boston. Born at Salem, 1690.

674. PHILLIPS ACADEMY. _In usum Academiae Phillipsiae Exoniensis._

Armorial. (Phillips arms.) Chippendale. This plate is not signed, but is very similar to the Holyoke plate by Hurd, and is undoubtedly his work. Motto, _Pia mente studeatur_. Phillips Academy of Andover, Mass.

675. PHILLIPS. This plate was used in some of the books of Phillips Academy, at Exeter, N.H., and has a representation of the arms of the Phillips family, with a festoon of flowers above it, and below it is appended the following statement and exhortation:--

The Trustees of Phillips Academy to whom is committed the
distribution of the pious bounty of the late LT. GOV. PHILLIPS
wishing to co-operate in the same benevolent and useful design,
affectionately recommend this inestimable book to the serious and
careful perusal of every person into whose hands it may fall.

Reader, whoever thou art, the work before you is the production of
one of the ablest and best of men, whose praise is in all the
churches. Though dead, he is instructing thousands by his numerous
and excellent practical (?) writings which have survived him. Among
these, _The Saints’ Rest_ has been most highly esteemed. He wrote
it in the near view of death, when in feeble health, and for his
own immediate use; and he testifies that he derived “more benefit
from it, than from all the other studies of his life.” Few books
have ever received higher commendations, been translated into more
languages, passed through more numerous editions, been more read,
or more useful in the Christian church than this. No person of a
serious mind can read it without profit.

“_To allure our desires_, it unveils the sanctuary above, and
discovers the glories and joys of the blessed in the Divine
presence, by a light so strong and lively, that all the glittering
vanities of this world vanish in the comparison, and a sincere
believer will despise them, as one of mature age does the toys and
baubles of children. _To excite our fears_ he removes the screen,
and represents the tormenting passions of the damned in those
dreadful colors, that, if duly considered, would check and control
the unbridled licentious appetites of the most sensual.”[A]

[A] Dr. Bates.

Reader, the book is in your hands, read, meditate, and then judge
for yourself. May the Lord bless the instruction for your spiritual
benefit. So will the good design of the pious doner be answered,
and the Agents of his bounty have their desired reward.

676. PHŒNIX SOCIETY. _Phœnix Society._

Pictorial. A large shield, heart shaped, encloses a picture of a large plantation, evidently with a considerable settlement on the rising ground; a stream meanders through the estate, and various kinds of crops are under cultivation; a little summer-house is seen at the end of a long path. A large curtain is draped over the shield, and a stag and a lion guard it at the foot. Under all, a tablet shows a second smaller shield quartered heraldically, and bearing a hunter’s horn, a right arm, a quill and roll of paper, and a twig from an oak tree on the four quarters; this is draped with a festoon of holly leaves, and a line in Greek impossible of translation is given above it. The meaning and use of this plate is mysterious. It came from Charleston, S.C.

677. PICKERING. _Henry Pickering._

Armorial. Crest only. Poet.

678. PICKERING. _John Pickering Junr._

Plain armorial. No motto.

679. PICKERING. _T. A. Pickering._

Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. No motto. Possibly by Callender.

680. PIERCE. _William L. Pierce._

Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _In futura spector_. Signed, _Maverick Sculpt._ Of New York.

681. PIERPONT. _Charles Pierpont._

Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Manet amicitia florebit que semper_. Signed, _S. Hill_.

682. PIERPONT. _John Pierpont._

Simply a name-label engraved on copper. Minister and poet of Litchfield, Conn. Born, 1785.

683. PINFOLD. _Charles Pinfold. LL.D._

Armorial. Chippendale. Motto-ribbon empty. Two different plates are known, but they are very similar.

684. PINFOLD. _Charles Pinfold LL.D. Governor of Barbadoes._

Same as above, with title added.

685. PINTARD. _John Pintard, LL.D._

Armorial. Pictorial. Signed, _Anderson_. The shield rests at the foot of a palm tree; an anchor lies behind it; the motto, _Never despair_, is given on a ribbon and the motto, _Fais bien crains rien_, is on the oval shield. The following line in Greek is also given, Κατἁ οχοχὁν ὁιωχω, while a fourth motto, _Depressa resurgo_, is seen on a ribbon floating over the top of the tree. This is a fine woodcut. Founder of the New York Historical Society.

686. PINTARD. _John Pintard._

Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Fais, bien crains, rien_. Signed, _Maverick Sct._

687. POOR. _Benjamin Poor._

Plain armorial. Motto, _Pauper non in spe_. Father of Major Ben: Perley Poore.

688. POPHAM. _William Popham._

Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. No motto. Signed, _Maverick Scp._ Of New York.

689. POULSON. _John Poulson’s._

A name-label printed wholly from type, the border being very elaborate. Signed, _Printed by Zachariah Poulson Junior_. Of Philadelphia.

690. POWEL. _Samuel Powel._

Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Proprium decus et petrum_. This is a better plate in execution than those made by Dawkins, and as it is almost identical with the John Morgan, M.D., plate, which is probably by Dawkins, it may have been his model. He seems to have copied freely from the designs of other engravers. This plate may have been the work of W. Smith, who engraved the William Spry. The Ryland Randolph, which is undoubtedly English in execution, is similar to all these and better than them all. Of Philadelphia. Twice mayor of the city.

691. POWELL. _Hare Samuel Powell._

Armorial.

692. POWELL. _John H. Powell._

The same copper as the Samuel Powell plate, with the name altered. Founder of Pennsylvania Agricultural Society.

693. POWELL. _Philip Powell._

Armorial.

694. POWER. _James Power of King William County. Price._

Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Impavide_. Of Virginia.

695. POWNALL. _Thomas Pownall._

Armorial. Book-pile. Motto, _Videte et cavete ab avaritia. Luke. 12. xv._ This is a typical “Book-pile” plate. The books are arranged in tiers, with the shield in the centre; globes stand upon the topmost books at either side; a scroll falls from under the shield and bears the name; the second motto is placed under all, _The Wicked borroweth & payeth not again_. Born in England in 1722; came to America in 1753; Lieutenant-Governor of New Jersey in 1755; Governor of Massachusetts in 1757, and of South Carolina in 1760; returned to England, entered Parliament, and died at Bath in 1805.

696. PRESCOTT. _William Prescott._

Crest only. Motto, _Nil conscire sibi_. Father of the historian. Lawyer and jurist.

697. PRESCOTT. _William H. Prescott._

Plain armorial. Motto, _Non conscire sibi_. Signed, _A&S_. The eminent historian.

of King William County L.J.D.] 698. PRESTON. _William Campbell Preston._

President of South Carolina College from 1845 to 1851.

699. PRICE. _Benjamin Price. Esqr._

Armorial. Jacobean. No motto.

700. PRICE. _Ezekiel Price._

Armorial. Chippendale. No motto. This plate is not signed, but is undoubtedly by Hurd. It has the flow of water from the shell beneath the shield, the peculiar dash after the name, and resembles the Dering plate. Of Boston.

701. PRIDE. _Halcott B. Pride._

Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Libertas_. Signed, _Maverick Sculp._ Of New York.

702. PRIESTLEY. _Joseph Priestley._

Plain armorial. Mantling. Motto, _Ars longa, vita brevis_. Of Pennsylvania. Philosopher, chemist, and theologian.

703. PRINCE. _By the name of Prince._

Plain armorial. Signed, _Wightman. Sc._

704. PRINCE. _Thomas Prince Liber, Anno Domini: 1704._

A printed name-label surrounded by ornamental type. See illustration in “Curio,” page 12. Thomas Prince was pastor of the Old South Society (Boston) from 1718 to 1758. His library is one of the best known of colonial times; he began to collect books as early as 1703, as is shown by the following plate: “This book belongs to the New England Library, begun to be collected by Thomas Prince upon his entering Harvard College July 6th, 1703,” etc. The volumes were deposited in the steeple-chamber of the Old South Church, and suffered somewhat during the British occupation. The remaining volumes are now in the Boston Public Library. Illustrated in the “Ex Libris Journal,” Vol. III, page 152.

705. PRIOLEAU. _Thomas G. Prioleau._

Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Pax in bello_. Physician. Of Charleston, S.C.

706. PROCTOR. _Col Thomas Proctor, Artillery._

Armorial. Motto, _Honor virtutis praemium_. Colonel of Pennsylvania Artillery during the Revolution.

707. PROVOOST. _John Provoost._

Armorial. Jacobean. Motto, _Pro libertate_.

708. PROVOOST. _Saml. Provoost. Esqr. Coll: Pet: Cant._

Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Pro libertate_. Not signed, but undoubtedly by Maverick. This plate is earlier than the succeeding.

709. PROVOOST. _Saml. Provoost._

Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Pro libertate_. Signed, _Maverick Sculpt._ First Bishop of New York; elected, 1786. Consecrated in England. Illustrated in “Ex Libris Journal,” Vol. III, page 157.

710. PRUYN. _Samuel Pruyn. Albany._

Pictorial. The scene is towards the close of day, by the side of the water; Orpheus sits upon a little knoll playing his lyre as he gazes up into the sky; the passing ship does not distract him, and the rising clouds and growing dusk are not observed. A very pretty plate. Signed, _D. W. Wilson Sc._

711. PUTNAM. _The Property of Aaron Putnam, Medford. 178-._

A printed label with the motto between the borders. Motto, _The Wicked borrow, but do not return again; See thou art not of that Number_.

712. QUINCY. _Josiah Quincy._

Plain armorial. Motto, _Discretio Moderatrix Virtutum_. A very fuzzy plate. The mantling comes well down the sides of the shield, and is blown above the helmet in very feathery form. An etching, with the name in fac-simile of owner’s autograph: in two sizes with no great dissimilarity, though the motto is not given on the larger one. The Massachusetts patriot.

713. RANDOLPH. _John Randolph Esqr of the Middle Temple London._

Armorial. Late Jacobean. No motto. The name and address occupy a double ribbon at the foot. Signed, _BATH. I. Skinner_. The copy before me is dated in writing, _1742_. Of Virginia. This is the same copper that the Peyton Randolph was engraved on. The lower ribbon is added, and the name imperfectly altered. The old name shows through. Illustrated in “Curio,” page 64.

714. RANDOLPH. _John Randolph of Roanoke._

Plain armorial. Motto, _Fari quae sentiat_. Very pretty mantling. A second motto above the crest, _Nil admirari_. The Virginia orator.

715. RANDOLPH. _John Randolph Junr._

Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Faro quae sentiat_. A very handsome plate. The shield is oval in form and is raised upon an elaborate frame, trimmed upon its upper edge with a garland of roses, and with the shell-edging at the base; at the left a cupid is just coming into view, holding up the festoon of flowers as he comes. The motto is on a ribbon at the base, and the name on a small curtain whose ends are thrust through the scrolls of the frame. Of Virginia.

716. RANDOLPH. _Peyton Randolph. Esqr._

Armorial. Late Jacobean. No motto. Signed, _BATH. I. Skinner_. First President of Congress.

717. RANDOLPH. _Ryland Randolph._

Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Fari quae sentiat_. This plate is like the Powell and Morgan plates, but is superior to them in all ways; undoubtedly of English make. Of Virginia.

718. RAPHAEL. _B. J. Raphael. M.D._

Pictorial. A hand holding a surgeon’s knife; clouds about. Signed, _Rohun and Co^{m}. Louisville. Ky._

719. RAPHAEL. _B. J. Raphael. M.D._

Pictorial. A skull and crossed bones. Of Kentucky.

720. RAY. _Robert Ray._

Plain armorial. Motto, _J’espère en Dieu_. Of New York.

721. READ. _Cha. Read of New Jersey, Esqr._

Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Nec spe nec metu_. A peculiar plate: the shield is surmounted by highly rolled mantling from which lances depend at either side and suspend the motto-ribbon. Father of the Colonel Read who figured in the “Joseph Reed Controversy.”

722. READ. _Wm. Read._

Plain armorial. The shield is fastened to a tree, the branches of which are made to resemble mantling, though there is no helmet. Motto, _Indefessus vigilando_. Of Maryland.

723. REED. _Catherine P. Reed. Saybrook, Conn._

A printed name-label with ornamental type border. On green paper.

724. REED. _Elijah F. Reed’s._

Literary. An exact reduced copy of the plate of Thomas Robbins, even the motto being identical.

725. REVERLY. _Henry Reverly._

Armorial. Chippendale. Signed, _F. Kirk Sc._

726. REYNOLDS. _Hannah Reynolds._

A name-label. The oval frame holding the name is festooned with flowers and wheat stalks; an urn rests upon the frame.

727. RICHARDS. _The property of Mrs. Sally Richards. 1794._

A plain name-label in an ornamental type border.

728. RICKETS. _William Rickets Esqr._

Plain armorial. Very copious mantling rises high above the shield, and falls low on either side. Of New York.

729. RIDDLE’S LIBRARY. _J. Riddle’s Circulating Library. Shakespear Head, No. 74 South 8th opposite to Sansom Strt. Philadelphia._

Pictorial. A good head of Shakespeare is in the centre of the design; this copy is numbered 665, showing a fair-sized number of books.

730. RIVOIRE. _Paul Rivoire._

Armorial. No motto. The family name was spelled thus in France, but was altered very soon upon coming to this country. It is strange that this spelling should come up again in a book-plate unless engraved by the owner himself.

731. ROBBINS. _Philemon Robbins, His Book, A.D. 1755._

Printed label. Of Wethersfield, Conn.

732. ROBBINS. _Thomas Robbins._

Literary. The name is given upon an oval medallion, above which rise the well-filled book-shelves of the owner. A curtain is draped over them, and sprays of palm are crossed beneath the oval. Under all is the motto on a ribbon, _Nocturna versate manu, versate diurna_. (Hor.) A Connecticut divine, who left his library to the Connecticut Historical Society. A variation of this plate places the name within an oblong frame with indented corners. Otherwise the same.

733. ROBERTS. _G. C. M. Roberts. M.D. Baltimore._

Literary. A confusion of books upon a heavy board shelf. A lighted candle at one end; the name on the front edge of the shelf. Motto, _Alere flammam_.

734. ROBERTS. _George C. M. Roberts. M.D. Baltimore._

Similar to the above, but no mott.

735. ROBERTSON. _Eben Robertson._

Plain armorial. Motto, _Virtutis gloria merces_.

736. ROBERTSON. _Eben Robertson. Kingston, Jamaica._

Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Virtutis gloria merces_. The man in chains below the shield.

737. ROBINSON. _Beverly Robinson._

Plain armorial. Motto, _Propere et provide_. Of New York. Wealthy Loyalist concerned in the treason of Arnold.

738. ROGERS. _Fairman Rogers._

Plain armorial. Motto, _Dictis factisque simplex_. Illustrated in “Art Amateur,” May, 1894.

739. ROOME. _Jacob Roome._

Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Virtute et fide_. Signed, _H. Dawkins. Sculpsit_.

740. ROOME. _John L. C. Roome._

Armorial. Chippendale. Signed, _H. Dawkins Sculpsit_. At one side, a cupid flies a bird with a string tied to it, and on the other side his companion attempts the capture of another bird. A Loyalist lawyer of New York City. Circa 1774.

741. ROSSEAU. _Rosseau._

Armorial. A large plate, with the shield upon an ermine mantle. Signed, _Karst_. A book-collector of New York City. His collection of book-plates passed into the hands of a member of the Ex Libris Society last year.

742. ROUTH. _David Routh. His Book. Norfolk, 1762._

A label with the name within a double border of fancy type.

743. ROYALL. _Isaac Royall Esqr of Antigua._

Armorial. Jacobean. Motto, _Pectore puro_. Of Massachusetts. Loyalist. Benefactor of Harvard College. This plate is very similar to the Belcher in shape and size. Illustrated in “Curio,” page 15.

744. RUFF. _Joanna M. Ruff. Washington City._

Printed from type within a border of ten American eagles.

745. RUSH. (Anonymous.) Rush arms.

Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Miseris succurrere disce_. Name-frame empty; name evidently erased. Probably the plate of the signer of the Declaration from Pennsylvania, Benjamin Rush. He is said to have destroyed all the copies of his plate which he could find.

746. RUSSELL. _Josh. Russell._

A simple name-label. The name, with the initials above it in a cipher monogram, is enclosed within a rectangular frame. This is a woodcut, and is the work of Anderson.

747. RUSSELL. _Thomas Russell._

Allegorical. Signed, _Callender Sp._ This plate is a copy of the plate of Joseph Barrell.

748. RUTGERS. _Hendrick Rutgers._

Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Tantes da dir_. Of New York City. Patriot and philanthropist.

749. RUTHERFORD. _John Rutherford._

Armorial. Motto, _Nec sorte nec fato_. Born in New York about 1760. One of the proprietors of East Jersey.

750. RUTLEDGE. (Anonymous.) Rutledge arms.

Supporters, a collared lion and an American Indian. They stand upon the ribbon, which bears the motto, _Progredi non regredi_. Signed, _S. C. Barnes & Co., Coventry St._ Of South Carolina.

751. ST. CLAIR. _Sir John St. Clair Bart._

Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Quo cunque ferar_. Signed, _Ja. Turner, Philada., Sculpt._ Munitions of war are seen behind the name-bracket. Of Philadelphia. A British officer, associated with Braddock.

752. ST. GEORGE’S CHURCH. _Library of the Sunday Schools attached to St George’s Church, established A. D. 1819. Presented by.... No...._

Above the words is a pretty little picture of a child on her knees reading from a book on a table before her. This plate is not signed, and seems to be better work than was done on the plate of the Teachers’ Union of this same church.

753. ST. GEORGE’S CHURCH. _The property of the Teachers’ Union of St. George’s Church. Presented by.... No...._

An engraved label. No ornamentation beyond flourishes. Signed, _Rollinson_.

754. SALTER. _Richard Salter, Esq. Barbadoes._

Armorial. Jacobean. Motto-ribbon empty. The name is given on the looped curtain.

755. SALTONSTALL. _Walter Saltonstall._

Armorial. Arms, Argent, a bend gules, between two eagles displayed sable. Crest, out of a ducal coronet a demi-pelican vulning herself.

756. SALTONSTALL. _William Saltonstall._

Armorial.

757. SAMUELS. (Anonymous.) Plate of James Samuels.

Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _L’un Pour l’autre_. Signed, _H. Dawkins, Philada., Fecit_. The hissing griffin, as in the Bushrod Washington plate, is given here.

758. SARGEANT. _Jacob Sargeant._

Armorial in form, though no real arms are shown. Chippendale. Motto, _Cito pede praeterit aetas_. Not signed, but engraved on brass by the owner. Of Connecticut. Some dated copies of this plate are about, but the date is not contemporary or correct. Also, the plate was not signed originally.

759. SARGENT. _Daniel Sargent Junr._

Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Nec quaerere honorem nec spernere_. Signed, _Callender Sc._ Of Massachusetts.

760. SARGENT. _Epes Sargent._

Armorial. Chippendale. Motto-scroll empty. Signed, _P. Revere Sculp._

761. SARGENT. _Winthrop Sargent._

Plain armorial. Motto, _Fortior quo rectior_. Of Massachusetts. Statesman and Revolutionary soldier.

762. SCHUYLER. _Philip Schuyler Esqr._

Armorial. Early Chippendale. No motto. Major-General in the Revolution, and was, after the war, a Senator. Illustrated in “Curio,” page 110.

763. SCHUYLER. _Samuel Schuyler._

Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Semper fidelis_. Of New York. Born, March 10, 1746; died, 1790.

764. SCOTT. _Benjamin Scott._

Armorial. Chippendale. No motto.

765. SCOTT. _Gustavus Scott._

Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Gaudia magna nuncio_. A lawyer of Virginia. Died in Washington, 1801.

766. SCOTT. _John V._

Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _In God we trust_. This plate is just like the De Witt Clinton by Maverick. The last name is torn out in the only copy seen, but the arms are those of Scott.

767. SCOTT. _Winfield Scott._

Plain armorial. Motto, _Amore patriae_. Of Virginia. Famous General.

768. SCOTTON. _John Scotton._

Armorial. Jacobean. No motto. Of Boston, Mass.

769. SEARS. _Sears._

Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto-ribbon empty.

770. SEARS. _David Sears._

Armorial. A knight in armor and an Indian for supporters. Motto, _Honore et fides_. Circa 1830.

771. SECOMBE. _John Secombe his book 1729._

Name-label, with ornamental type border. Clergyman and poet. Of Massachusetts.

772. SEDGWICK. _Theodore Sedgwick Junr._

Crest only. The crest is given above an oval garter, within which is the motto, _Confido in Domino_. Publicist and lawyer of Albany, N. Y.

773. SELFRIDGE. _Thomas O. Selfridge Boston 1799._

Two fluted pillars are joined at the capitals by festoons of roses; the name is in the open space between them. A woodcut. Selfridge was the Federalist lawyer of Boston who shot Charles Austin.

774. SEMPLE. Armorial. Of Virginia.

775. SETON. _William Seton._

Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Hazard zit forward_. Signed, _Maverick Sculpt._ Of New York.

776. SEWELL. Armorial.

777. SHEPPARD. _John H. Sheppard._

Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Nil desperandum_. Of Massachusetts. Lawyer and author.

778. SHERMAN. _Rev. Henry B. Sherman. M.A._

Armorial. Jacobean. Motto, _Conquer death by virtue_. A very peculiar use is made of the Jacobean features.

779. SHIPPEN. _Edward Shippen Esquire._

Armorial. Jacobean. No motto. Jurist. Descendant of Edward Shippen, the first Mayor of Philadelphia. Educated in London. Illustrated in “Curio,” page 110.

780. SHIPPEN. _Robertus Shippen. S. T. P. Coll. Aen. Nas. Principatis._

A reproduction of the above. Illustrated in “Art Amateur,” May, 1894.

781. SHUBRICK. _Thomas Shubrick, South Carolina._

Plain armorial. Colonel in the Revolution. Illustrated in “Curio,” page 113.

782. SILVESTER. _Peter Silvester Esqr._

Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Nec degener_. Signed, _Child Sculpt._ No tinctures. Of New York.

783. SIMPSON. _Jonathan Simpson._

Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Lege et intellige_. This plate is not signed, but is undoubtedly the work of Hurd.

784. SISE. _The Property of Edward Sise._

Pictorial. An extremely rude home-made etching. A beautiful bird is resting upon a stunted tree; an ornamented oval encloses the scene.

785. SITGREAVES. _John Sitgreaves of New Bern_.

Armorial in form, but no arms shown. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Libertas et natale solum_. The name occupies the oval space where ordinarily the arms are displayed. Books and writing-material are introduced below the frame. Signed, _Maverick Scp New York_. Member Old Congress. Revolutionary patriot.

786. SKELTON. _Reuben Skelton Hanover County Virginia._

Armorial. Chippendale. Motto-ribbon empty.

787. SKIPWITH. _Fulwar Skipwith._

Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Sans Dieu je ne puis_. Of Virginia. Of the family of Skipwith of Preswould, County Leicester. Baronet.

788. SMITH. _Smith._

Armorial. Jacobean.

789. SMITH. _Haziel Smith, Carpenter, New York. Deaf and Dumb._

A printed label, within a circular border. This mention of a physical infirmity on a book-plate is unique.

790. SMITH. _Hezekiah Smith._

Armorial. Late Jacobean. Motto, _Beauty and Grace_. An open book for crest, with the following Greek on it, Ἑρεονατε τας γραφας; the sun in splendor above it. Of Massachusetts.

791. SMITH. (Anonymous.)

Portrait plate. Showing a young man holding a book, clad in the manner of the studious youth of the early part of the century. Beneath, the motto, _Qui contentus felix_. A very pretty bit of engraving. This was the plate of G. A. Smith, a book-lover, whose library was sold in New York City some thirty years ago.

792. SMITH. _James Scott Smith._

Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Ne crede colori_. Signed, _Maverick Sculp._ Of New York.

793. SMITH. _John A. Smith._

A beautiful pictorial plate. On the smooth face of an immense rock the name is carved; the trees grow close to it on the far side, and in the long distance other trees are seen; clouds float lazily, and the effect is sultry. A doctor of medicine in Virginia. Born, 1782; died, 1865. President of William and Mary College, 1814-1826.

794. SMITH. _John Adams Smith._

Plain armorial. Motto, _Finis coronat opus_. Signed, _Rollinson Sct._

795. SMITH. _John J. Smith._

Armorial. Chippendale. No motto; the name occupying the motto-ribbon. This plate is exactly like the James Logan. Great-grandson of James Logan. Librarian of Philadelphia and Loganian libraries.

796. SMITH. _Jonathan Smith. M DCC LX._

A printed name-label from type with ornamental border.

797. SMITH. _Robert Smith._

Armorial. Major-General Smith of Virginia.

798. SMITH. _Samuel Smith._

Name-label; name engraved within an oval, trimmed with a wreath.

799. SMITH. _Samuel Smith, Esquire._

Armorial. Pictorial. A cherub is seated, busily reading, at the right side, while on the left his companion blows lustily upon a horn, in the direction of the sky, whence a third cherub approaches, displaying a long ribbon upon which is the motto, _Omnes fremant licet dicam quod sentio_. The whole design rests upon a bracket garlanded with roses.

800. SMITH. _Thomas Smith._

Armorial. Of Gloucester, Va.

801. SMITH. _Thomas Smith Junr. Esqr._

Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Nec aspera terrent_. Signed, _Maverick Sculpt._ The customary landscape beneath the shield, and the signature on the open scroll. This plate is a copy of the James Scott Smith plate, and is much better work. Of New York.

802. SMITH. _Thomas J. Smith._

Armorial. Of New York. Signed by Maverick. Lawyer and scholar.

803. SMITH. _William Smith._

Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Chacun a son goût_. Not signed, but undoubtedly by Hurd. Of Massachusetts.

804. SMITH. _William Smith._

Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Tutus si fortis_. Signed, _Maverick Sculpt._ Of New York.

805. SMITH. _William Smith A.M._

Armorial. Jacobean. Motto, _Nil utile quod non honestum_. Of New York. Rather wild in appearance.

806. SMITH. _William Smith LL.D. Charleston S. Carolina._

Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Fidem servabo genusque_. Statesman and lawyer. Born, 1784; died, 1840.

807. SMITH. _William Loughton Smith._

Diplomatist. Statesman of Charleston, S.C. Born, 1758; died, 1812.

808. SMITH. _William P. Smith A.M._

Armorial. Jacobean. Motto, _Deus nobis haec otia fecit_. Signed, _Thomas Johnston Sculp._ The most ambitious Jacobean plate of our early period. Probably the plate of William Peartree Smith of New York. Illustrated in “Art Amateur,” May, 1894.

809. SMYTH. _Andrew Smyth._

Armorial.

810. SOCIETY FOR PROPAGATING THE GOSPEL. _Sigillum Societatis De Promovendo Evangelio In Partibus Transmarinus._

Allegorical. An oval frame bears the Latin inscription and a broad ribbon underneath bears the following, _The Gift of the Society for propagating the Gospel in Foreign parts, 1704_. The scene is off the coast; a three-masted ship, with all sails set, is within a few feet of the shore; the missionary, whose height is equal to one half the foremast, stands before that mast with Bible in hand and is already preaching to the natives who, with outstretched hands, come running down the declivity. The imminent danger of the ship is possibly the real cause of the interest on the part of the natives. The full sun bestows his blessing, and a serpentine ribbon in mid-air bears the motto, _Transiens adiuvanos_. Two varieties. Illustrated in “Curio,” page 11.

811. SOUTH CAROLINA. _Protestant Episcopal Society for the Advancement of Christianity in South Carolina._

A printed label.

812. SPAIGHT. _Spaight._

Plain armorial. Motto, _Vi et virtute_. Of North Carolina.

813. SPOONER. _Joshua Spooner._

Armorial. Jacobean. Motto, _Follow reason_. Signed, _N. Hurd, Scp._ Of Massachusetts. A very fine plate.

814. SPOONER. _Wm. Spooner._

Pictorial. A play on the name. Two doves are billing and cooing, and two hearts are overlapped above them. Of Newport. Circa 1825.

815. SPOTSWOOD. (Anonymous.)

Armorial. Early Chippendale. Motto, _Patior ut potiar_. Of Virginia.

816. SPRIGG. _Richard Sprigg junr._

Name-label within an ornamental border of foliated scrolls, in the top of which a group of thirteen stars is fixed. Signed, _T. Sparrow_. Above his name are the letters _F. G._, whose meaning is lost. A woodcut.

817. SPRY. _William Spry._

Armorial. Chippendale. No motto. Signed, _W. Smith’s_. Of New York. The design of this plate is similar to some by Dawkins, but the execution is superior. Probably Dawkins copied from Smith, who was without doubt an English engraver.

818. STANFORD. _Thos. N. Stanford._

Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Verum dicit_. Signed, _Rollinson_.

819. STEARNS. _Stearns._

Plain armorial. Motto, _Firm_. Of Massachusetts.

820. STEARNS. _Benjamin Stearns._

Name-label. Above the name a cabalistic arrangement of the letters W. V. and M. with four hands in pairs pointing at them. Motto, _Nihil me tangere_, altered to _Noli me tangere_. Dated 1833.

821. STEPHENS. _William Stephens._

Armorial. Jacobean. Mantling. Motto, _In corrupta fides nudaque veritas_. This resembles the plate of William Cowper, Clerk of Parliament. Not signed, but possibly by Maverick, although not in his usual style.

822. STEVENS. _Henry Stevens, Barnet. Vt. (Walton’s Press, Montpelier. Vt.)._

The arms of the State with its motto, _Freedom and Unity_. Under this, in a frame, is the following poem:--

_In Paradise, the tree,_
_Of knowledge was the pride:_
_By God’s supreme decree,_
_The man who eat--then died._

_But Heaven in mercy since_
_Does him who tastes forgive:_
_To know, is no offence:_
_Now, he who eats--shall live._

The famous bibliographer.

823. STEVENS. _The Property of Henry Stevens, Barnet, 180-._

A simple name-label, printed, with ornamental type.

824. STEWART. _Anthony Stewart Annapolis Maryland._

Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Nobilis ira_. A very handsome design, the name-bracket being large and handsomely ornamented; rows of roses down the sides, and the graceful foliation, make a very handsome plate.

825. STEWART. _James Stewart. New York._

Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Nil Desperandum._

826. STEWART. _Hon. John Stewart Esqr. Quebec._

Plain armorial. Mantling. Motto, _Nobilis ira_. Signed, _S. Jones Sc Quebec_.

827. STILLE. _Alfred Stille. M.D._

Plain armorial. Motto, _Innocenter, patienter, constanter_. A large plate. Of Philadelphia.

828. STITH. _William Stith._

Armorial. Jacobean. Motto, _Rather virtue than learning_, in Greek. The historian of Virginia. Date of plate, circa 1745. Illustrated in “Curio,” page 15.

829. STOCKBRIDGE. _Charles Stockbridge._

Name-label. Very much in the style of pen flourishes.

830. STOCKTON. _Richard Stockton, A.M._

Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Omnia Deo pendent_. Books are shown at either side of the shield. Signer of the Declaration and father of Commodore Stockton of New Jersey.

831. STONE. _Wm. L. Stone._

Pictorial. An eagle struggling with a serpent rises into the clouds with it, and bears an open scroll in one talon on which we read, _Demagogues may frown and Factions rage--Traitors may sigh and Tyrants weep, but Freemen will rejoice for...._ A ribbon above the eagle bears the motto, _Justice, Truth_. Signed, _R. Rawdon. Alby._ Author and editor.

832. STOTT. _Ebenezer Stott._

Armorial. Of Virginia.

833. STOWE. _Stowe._

Plain armorial. Motto, _Inter feros per crucem ad coronam_. Calvin Ellis Stowe, clergyman, and husband of Harriet Beecher Stowe.

834. STRINGER. _Samuel Stringer._

Armorial. Chippendale. No motto. Signed, _H. D. fecit_. Prominent physician in Eastern New York State. Born in Maryland, 1734.

835. STROBEL. _Martin Strobel. Charleston. S.C._

Literary. Identical with the George Goodwin and the Frederick Marsh plates.

836. STURGES. _John Sturges._

Armorial. Signed by Maverick. No further information is obtainable.

837. STUYVESANT. _Peter Gerard Stuyvesant._

Plain armorial. Motto, _Jovae praestat fidere quam homine_.

838. SULLIVAN. _John Sullivan._

Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Modestia victorix_. Signed, _J. Callender Scp._ Of New Hampshire. Major-General in the Revolutionary army.

839. SUMNER. _Thos. W. Sumner._

Name engraved upon a sable tablet; festoon of cloth above.

840. SUMNER. _W. H. Sumner._

Plain armorial. Motto, _In medio tutissimus ibis_. The plate of Gen. William Hyslop Sumner. Born, Dorchester, Mass., 1780; died, 1861.

841. Supreme Council 33°. _Supreme Council 33° of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry for the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction U. S. A._

Masonic emblems. A triangle with _33_ within it; above a regal crown is shone upon by the full rays of the sun; a double-headed eagle grasps a sword. Motto, _Deus meumque jus_.

842. SWAN. _James Swan._

Armorial. Pictorial. Supporters, a Scotchman in tartan and an Indian holding a tobacco-plant. Motto, _Dum spiro spero_. Signed, _Callender Sc._ A beehive at the right, and at the left a view of the ocean, with distant sail in sight. Merchant, politician, scholar, and author before the age of 22. Born in Scotland; came to Boston when very young; a member of the “Tea Party”; wounded at Bunker Hill; went to France and made a fortune; through trouble with a German correspondent he was imprisoned in St. Pelagie, Paris, for fifteen years; died, Paris, 1831.

843. SWETT. _J. B. Swett._

A symbolical plate, representing the profession of medicine. In the upper part a corpse has been laid open for examination, and three cupids are in attendance; a fourth reads a book of reference with woful face, and a saw and vessel would indicate that extreme measures were to be tried. Below the name the serpent of Æsculapius twined about the rod is placed between retorts, and herbs growing in flower-pots. The execution of the plate is poor. John Barnard Swett of Newburyport, Mass.

844. SWORD. _William Sword._

Armorial. Chippendale. Motto-ribbon empty. Signed, _H. D. Fecit_.

845. TAYLOE. _Benjn. Ogle Tayloe._