A coat of arms, done up in red and dark green ink, featuring a lion at center, three triangles beneath the lion, and three scallop shells above. A knight's helmet is at the helm, and elaborate mantling surrounds the entire crest, with a second, smalle...
Subject (Name):
Burritt, Alice, b. 1888
Subject (Topic):
Amorial, Heraldic bookplates, Lion, Physicians, Scale, Scarab, Scholars, Medieval, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Seal, Shells, Shield, and Shields
A large rectangular image with several images throughout, including crests, seals, and other items. Centered within, beneath the title text, are the plate owner's attributes and affiliations. Above is the motto Nicht Liebe Leben.
Subject (Name):
Browning, Arthur Giraud
Subject (Topic):
Fleur-de-lis, Heraldic bookplates, Hospitals, Medical societies, Seal, and Shield
At center is a small home surrounded by trees, framed by two columns.. Above this, to the left, is the seal of the University of Pennsylvania, and to the right is a circle with several symbols within it. At center is a chalice with a snake wrapped aro...
Subject (Name):
Egbert, Joseph C. and Yale School of Medicine
Subject (Topic):
Books, Houses, Nature, Physicians, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Seal, Snake, and Windows
Stock item with name of the collector written in at the bottom. The image consists of several books, a quill pen and inkwell, an hourglass, a globe, and an owl.
A man and a winged woman, both nude, with an oval between them with a large caduceus in the center. At the top are seals of three universities: The University of Maryland, Johns Hopkins, and Fordham. At the bottom are various sketches of books, pens, ...
Subject (Name):
Seliger, Robert V. (Robert Victor), b. 1900
Subject (Topic):
Books, Medical historians, Seal, Snakes, and Woman
A skeleton and a stork each holding a cloth with a baby at center. A banner above, held up by two caducei, reads Non est Vivere, sed Valere, uta. Beneath the baby is Aesculapius standing on a stack of books.
Above the title text are three books; two upright, and one in the middle, lying flat. Upon the middle book is a branch of oak leaves and acorns. Behind the books is a large oval-shaped wall hanging—a wreath of leaves surrounds this, and a large cadu...
Subject (Name):
Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library, Yale University, Sharp, Ena, and Sharp, Jacob, 1893-
Subject (Topic):
Books, Caduceus, Medical libraries, Physicians, and Seal
The Harvard crest, including the phrase Christo et Ecclesiae. The text beneath reads From the fund given by The King of Siam, Siamese Princes and Officials, and by Foreign Residents of Bangkok in Memory of Edward Henry Strobel of the Class of 1877. Ge...
Subject (Name):
Harvard College Library and Strobel, Edward Henry, 1855-1908
Subject (Topic):
Books, Medical colleges, Medical libraries, and Seal
Surrounded by the title text is the insignia for the Cushing/Whitney Medical Library. This features the Yale University coat of arms, and a caduceus on either side. Above is the Y-shaped design of the library itself, and below is the Yale motto Lux et...
Subject (Name):
Goldin, Grace and Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library, Historical Library. Yale University
Subject (Topic):
Books, Caduceus, Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library, Medical libraries, and Seal