A bend, speckled in design and featuring seven ermine spots, is at the foreground of several counter-changed bars. At the top of the shield is a chief featuring the head and neck of a dragon flanked by a pair of annulets. At the crest, atop a torse, are the entwined heads and necks of two dragons. Below is the motto Labore et Perseverantia. Additionally, a note with the bookplate states that Laing was Physician to George IV.
Subject (Name):
Knighton, William
Subject (Topic):
Armorial bookplates, Dragon, Physicians, Shield, and Shields
A coat of arms divided into two by a speckled fess featuring two stars. Above are two cinquefoils, each with six ermines spots; below, just one of the same design. Surrounding the shield is decorative leafing, flowers, and leaves. At the helm is a knight's helmet; at the crest, is the upper half of a lion upon a torse. The lion holds a cinquefoil in his right paw.
Subject (Name):
Lambe, William
Subject (Topic):
Armorial, Armorial bookplates, Flower, Helmet, Lion, Physicians, Shield, Shields, and Star
A shield, with an or chief featuring at center an argent crosslet. Below, against a sable field, is a pelican tending to a smaller bird beneath it. At the helm is a crown with an eagle rising from it, and a crosslet fitchee in its beak. Beneath the shield, upon a long banner, is the motto Sola Juvat Virtus.
Subject (Name):
Madden, William
Subject (Topic):
Armorial, Armorial bookplates, Birds, Cross, Crown, Physicians, Shield, and Shields
A shield with a leafed tree at the center, with a smaller shield upon it—this shield features, upon an azure field, a rampant lion surrounded by three stars; two above, one below. Additionally, to the left of the tree is a small crescent. At the helm is a knight's helmet, backed by elaborate leafing. At the crest, atop a torse, is an armored right-handed arm grasping a laurel wreath. Below the shield is a long, narrow banner with the motto Bear and Forbear upon it. Further still is a larger, wider banner with the title text upon it. An enclosed note identifies William Oliver (1698-1764), Secretary of the Royal Society and inventor of the 'Bath Oliver' biscuit.
Subject (Name):
Oliver, William, 1695-1764
Subject (Topic):
Armorial, Armorial bookplates, Hand, Helmet, Lion, Physicians, Shield, Shields, and Star
A shield edged in leafing and engulfed with additional flora, with a vert bordure engrailed with three pelicans, two above one below, against an argent field. At the helm, upon a torse, is an anchor. Further above, upon a long flowing banner is the motto Felicior quo Certior.
Subject (Name):
Ormston, William
Subject (Topic):
Armorial, Armorial bookplates, Birds, Nature, Physicians, and Shields
A coat of arms divided into portions with several items throughout. At the helm is a knight's helmet, and above that, a badger. Beneath is the motto Deo et Ferro.
Subject (Name):
Brooks, William Philpot
Subject (Topic):
Amorial, Animals, Armorial bookplates, Physicians, Shield, and Shields
A coat of arms divided into quadrants, then further divided within those quadrants. Cinquefoils, spearheads, and hunting horns are among the objects and symbols featured within the field. At the helm is a knight's helmet; at the crest, upon a torse, is a stag. A cape flows behind the shield. Above is the motto Cavendo Tutus.
Subject (Name):
Hardwicke, William Wright
Subject (Topic):
Armorial, Armorial bookplates,, Physicians, Shields, and stag
A coat of arms divided into three portions, with a two boars in the upper portion, a single, larger boar in the bottom portion, and two eagles and a fleur-de-lis in the darker colored, center portion. At the top is the head of an antelope.
Subject (Name):
Bush, William Maddocks
Subject (Topic):
Amorial, Animals, Birds, Fleur-de-lis, Heraldic bookplates, Physicians, and Shields
A coat of arms divided into two halves with three stars above the divide and one below. At the helm is a horse, with a garland of flowers above the crest. Below is the motto Liberabit Veritas.
Subject (Name):
Blackburne, William, 1755-1835
Subject (Topic):
Armorial, Bacteria, Heraldic bookplates, Horse, Physicians, Shield, and Shields
A coat of arms hanging from a broken but leafed tree. The crest is divided into two vertical halves, with three stars to the left, and a wolf with three stars to the right. A horse is at the helm. In the background can be seen various houses and a castle in the far distance.
Subject (Name):
Blackburne, William, 1755-1835
Subject (Topic):
Armorial, Heraldic bookplates, Horse, Nature, Physicians, Shield, and Shields