A number of pictures, including a microscope, foils, velocipede, house, easel, , an organ, and a skull atop a pile of books. From the top to the bottom there is text which reads He that borrows without return/shall in a warmer climate burn/Much study is a weariness of the flesh/And of making many books there is no end.
Subject (Name):
Scruton, A.
Subject (Topic):
Bicycle, Books, Buildings, Microscopes, Shield, and Skull
College of Physicians of Philadelphia Lewis, Samuel, M.D.
Collection Title:
Bookplate Collection
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
Beneath the title text can be seen a butterfly on a skull, under which is the phrase Que sais-je? Below this is space labeled "Class" and "No.", and lines in which to write. Further below is the signature of Samuel Lewis, M.D., is a space labeled "Presented by", and room in which to write.
Subject (Name):
College of Physicians of Philadelphia and Lewis, Samuel
Subject (Topic):
John Frederick Lewis Collection (Free Library of Philadelphia), Medical libraries, and Skull
A shield featuring an argent field divided by three gules bars. An azure chief features a cinquefoil flanked by two Or roundels. At the helm, atop a torse, is a lion rampant brandishing a crescent. The shield is engulfed by flowers and leaves. A banner at the bottom reads Malo Mori Quam Fœdari. To the lower left are several books, one opened. To the lower right, upon a closed book, is a microscope and a skull.
Subject (Name):
Potter, Edwin S.
Subject (Topic):
Armorial, Books, Lions, Microscopes, Nature, Physicians, Shield, Shields, and Skull
A shelf, on which is a skull and a microscope. In an oval surrounded by flora reads A wise physician, skilled our wounds to heal, Is more than armies to the public weal. Below the signature of the plate's owner, at center, is a caduceus and additional flowers.
Subject (Name):
Goodyear, Emil S. and Yale School of Medicine
Subject (Topic):
Books, Flowers, Microscopes, Nature, Physicians, Skull, Skulls, and Snakes
Leikind, Morris C. Yale University. School of Medicine
Collection Title:
Bookplate Collection
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
The Star of David, with six icons within each point. Starting clockwise from the top: the tablets representing the ten commandments, the symbol for nuclear energy, an open book, a skull, a microscope, and an ankh. This is surrounded by a circle, in which are the words Science, Philosophy, Medicine, and History.
Subject (Name):
Leikind, Morris C. (Morris Cecil), 1905- and Yale School of Medicine
Subject (Topic):
Books, History of medicine, Microcopes, Physicians, and Skull
At the center of the plate is a windowed room with a skull, some chemistry glassware, a mortar and pestle, and a few books. Beneath this image is a caduceus with the phrase Ο ΒΙΟΣ ΒΑΧΥΣ (in Greek this means A SHORT LIFE). Several stenciled lion-type creatures create a border around the image.
Subject (Name):
Bailey, Francis W.
Subject (Topic):
Apothecary jars, Books, Caduceus, Chemical apparatus, Lion, Physicians, and Skull
A reproduction of Holbein's print The Physician. A dog is curled up on the floor, the doctor seated, as a skeleton walks into the room holding an Erlenmeyer flask, and leading along an older man.
Subject (Name):
Blumer, George, 1872-1962 and Yale School of Medicine
A scene drawn in red ink. At center is a skull flanked by two pansies upon a wagon wheel. The wheel is stable on top of a butterfly. Above the wheel is a scale; the left-hand side holds the crown and robe of royalty, while the right-hand side holds the patched coat of someone presumably less well-off. On the floor beneath the crown and robe is
an urn and two peacock feathers. On the other side, beneath the coat, are two crossed bones and a worn fedora. in the border are three phrases, in three different languages. The left vertical reads Mors aurem vellens, Vivite, ait, venio. The top center phrase reads The keeper of unknown redemptions. The right vertical phrase is in Greek. The bottom center contains the title text.
