Book plates and their value ; English and American plates - Tapa blanda

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1898 Excerpt: ... Alphabetical List Of Noted Book-plates. Abercorn (anne Jane). Armorial, coronet and supporters. No date, but about 1815. Inscription, "Anna Jane Abercorn." This lady was the Marchioness of Abercorn. She died in 1827. 3s. Abercrombie (james). Armorial, "ribbon and wreath" style. Mottoes, "Vive ut Vivas" and "Meus in arduis aequa." An American plate. 4s. 6d., again 3s. Adams (hannah). Name label, inscribed "Hannah Adams, Medfield, 179--." An American plate. 8s. Adams (john). Armorial, crested, within an oval garter. The device surrounded by 13 stars. Inscribed, "John Adams" in script. The owner of this scarce plate was second President of the United States, 1797-1802. No sale record, but probably from £2 to £3. Adams (john Quincy). Armorial, crested, the shield surrounded by two single flowering branches bending upward and tied together at the bottom with a ribbon. Inscribed, "John Quincy Adams" in script. No motto. The owner of this plate was sixth president of the United States, 1825-9. £1 16s. Several other plates are attributed to John Quincy Adams. One is a mere label containing the owner's name in a simple line framework, and two others are armorial. In the first the shield is surrounded by a garter on which is engraved the motto "Fidem-Libertatem-Amicitiam." In the remaining plate the shield is quartered and surrounded by a garter with the motto " JFidem, Libertatem, Amicitiam retinebis." Around the device are 13 stars. All these plates are very scarce. About £2. Adamson (benjamin). Armorial, crested, "Jacobean" shield and frame, with "Chippendale" embellishments; on a scroll below the inscription "Benja Adamson." Engraved by J. Skinner of Bath, in 1746, (dated). 5s. Affleck (J.H.). Pictorial, escutcheon among foliage. Inscription: ...