Beneath the title text are lines in which text is written. For "Class" there is an "S"; for "No." there is "17."; and for Donor there is written "A. Van der Veer."
College of Physicians and Surgeons Quine Library Yale University. School of Medicine
Collection Title:
Bookplate Collection
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
A portrait of Dr. Quine, physician in a rectangular border of flowers and leaves with the title of the college below. At the top, an open book on which is written "This plate the gift of the class of 1907". At bottom, reads Medicamenti Mentis.
"Interior of the library of the Royal Institution; members searching for books on shelves and on gallery, others reading at large green tables or by the windows; a group of four men stand in conversion in centre of room."--British Museum online catalo...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. 1st May 1809 at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), England, and London.
Subject (Name):
Royal Institution of Great Britain.
Subject (Topic):
Libraries, Interiors, Reading, Bookcases, and Globes
Portrait showing Susanna Oakes, who ran the circulating library at Ashbourne from about 1795 until 1801, seated in a ladder-back chair with a backdrop of shelved books. She is seated beside an occasional table, her quill pen within reach, in an attitu...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
J. Drewry
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Topic):
Libraries, Librarians, Libraries (Rooms & spaces), and People with disabilities
With the title text at the center, a leafy garland envelopes the lower half of the text. Above are two cornucopias with the Freemason's symbol at center.
A decorative border surrounds the bookplate's text. At center is a crest with an open book featuring the phrase Sapientia Legendo. Beneath this are three argent waves. Within the bottom half of the plate is text, which reads "A gift in memory of Harve...
Subject (Name):
Cushing, Harvey, 1869-1939 and Public Library of Brookline
Subject (Topic):
Books, Libraries, Neurosurgeons, Shield, and Shields
Three women stand in a library; two converse as the third looks through the catalogue discussing the titles as the man behind the counter looks on as a dog lies curled up at her feet. A second man stands on a ladder reaching for a book; he has several...
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd Octr. 1, 1804 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
A scene in a fashionable library with ladies and gentlemen conversing with attendants at the counters on either side. On the left a woman looks in a book while her male companion converses with a clergyman, as the woman behind the counter consults a b...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
R. Ackermann
Subject (Geographic):
Scarborough (England) and Great Britain,
Subject (Topic):
Black people, Interiors, Libraries, Books, Bookcases, Window displays, Light fixtures, Dogs, and Stores & shops
A drawing of three men in tunics with books with a series of buildings in the background. At the bottom is the quote "'The True University is a Collection of Books', Carlyle." Cowgill's name and address are applied with a rubber stamp. Cowgill was a f...
Subject (Name):
Cowgill, George R. and Yale School of Medicine
Subject (Topic):
Biochemists, Books, Buildings, Libraries, Medical colleges, Nature, and Yale University
