Bookplate of Richard Evelyn Byrd, 1893-1906
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Bookplates show ownership, but they can also tell us more. Often pasted on the inside of a book's front cover or endpaper, these printed labels contain the owner's name and sometimes the words "ex-libris" (Latin for "from the library of"). Coats of arms, crests, other decorative images, poems, mottoes, and even font type provide insight into the beliefs, passions, and interests of the book's owner.
Bookplates show ownership, but they can also tell us more. Often pasted on the inside of a book's front cover or endpaper, these printed labels contain the owner's name and sometimes the words "ex-libris" (Latin for "from the library of"). Coats of arms, crests, other decorative images, poems, mottoes, and even font type provide insight into the beliefs, passions, and interests of the book's owner.
Artifact
Bookplate
Date Made
1893-1906
Creators
French, Edwin Davis, 1851-1906
Creator Notes
Designed by E.D. French in 1899. The date this particular bookplate was created is not known.
Keywords
United States, Virginia, Winchester
Byrd, Richard Evelyn, Jr., 1888-1957
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
RC.1.8
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Printing (Process)
Engraving (Printing process)
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 3.5 in (bookplate)
Width: 2.875 in (bookplate)
Height: 8 in (mount)
Width: 6 in (mount)
Inscriptions
on front: NULLA PALLESCERE CULPA [pale at no fault] / Richard Evelyn Byrd of Winchester in Virginia
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