A red sun-like shape with a dial at the center and a fleur-de-lis on top is at the top center of this bookplate. A three-lined red square border surrounds this and the text beneath. This library was founded by Bern Dibner in 1941 and contains books on the History of Science. After Dibner's death in 1988, the collection was divided between the Smithsonian, MIT, and the Huntington.
Subject (Name):
Burndy Library, Dibner, Bern, b. 1897, and Yale School of Medicine
A coat of arms divided into two uneven parts with three flowers at the top of the divide. Mantling surrounds the crest, with additional flora and a pair of at the top of the image.
A shield with the heads and necks of three human figures against an argent field. Each neck has a snake wrapped around it. At the helm is a knight's helmet backed by long leafing. At the crest, atop a torse, is an additional head, almost two-faced, with each side featuring a beard and with 2 snakes around the double neck. Below, upon a long banner, is the motto Pretio Prudentia Præstat.
Subject (Name):
Morison, C.
Subject (Topic):
Armorial, Armorial bookplates,, Helmet, Physicians, Portraits, Shield, and Shields
A coat of arms divided by a large X, with the face of a leopard in the center. Above the crest is a boar, and two laurel branches surround much of the shield. Beneath is the motto Crom A Boo.
Subject (Name):
Bodkin, C. P.
Subject (Topic):
Animals, Armorial, Heraldic bookplates, Nature, Shield, Shields, and Surgeons
