A fireplace, surrounded on the sides by bookcases filled with books, and more books on the mantelpiece above the fireplace. The plate also contains the name "E. Spelman" in the lower left-hand corner, and the date "June 1921" in the lower right-hand corner.
Subject (Name):
Fulton, John F. (John Farquhar), 1899-1960 and Yale School of Medicine
A shelf of books with a candle. Above the shelf, in quotes is written "Alere Flammam". Beneath the shelf is a line marked "No.", and at the bottom of the bookplate is a line marked "Baltimore", and "/18".
A square frame embroidered with leaves with a lit candle on top. A poem within the frame quotes "Reade me with the Eyes o' the Minde/The Goode is in mee see thou Flinde/And sith Bookes be but worke of Manne/The Evill in mee looke thou banne". -G. H. H. : 1877.
Looking through a window, there is a sitting woman, holding a branch, with her hand on a book. On the table beneath her is a heart in a glass case, a candle, an hourglass and an open book. Beneath the image is the phrase Forever wilt thou love and she be fair.
Subject (Name):
Shaftel, Norman
Subject (Topic):
Bookplate collectors, Books, Candles, Heart, Medical historians, Physicians, Time, and Woman
A border, the top consisting of small, nude, human-like creatures performing an autopsy on a larger human. Beneath the title text are various potted plants, laboratory artifacts, and a caduceus. approximately 1775, Newburyport, Mass.
Subject (Name):
Swett, John, 1830-1913
Subject (Topic):
Birds, Caduceus, Candles, Chemical apparatus, Children, Medical historians, and Nature