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John Starr Stewart Ex Libris Collection

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Showing 1521–1560 of 1,611 items
  • Walker, Francis W.
    Imageon an open_file book: 'Eritis sicut deus' (You will be as a god)
  • Waller, Edmund
    ImageCoat of arms. Escutcheon: Sable, three walnut leave in bend or, between two bendlets argent. Crest: A walnut tree proper on the sinister side an escutcheon pendent azure charged three fleurs de lis. Motto: Haec fructus virtutis.
  • Walter, John
    ImageText within oval frame of wavy line.
  • Walwyn, James
    ImageCoat of arms. Escutcheon (marshaling of 9). Crest: On an embattled wall or part of a tower, a wyvern, wings expanded, pierced through the head with a javelin. Mottoes: Non deficit alter and Drwy Rynwedd Gwaed.
  • Warden, Frank L.
    ImageCoat of arms. Escutcheon: Argent, three warden pears leaved vert. Crest: Out of a crescent, an arrow pointed and feathered.
  • Warncke, Werner
    Imagewagon loaded with hay. Below, a bookshelf, heraldic shield, framed with vines
  • Warner, Richard
    ImageCoat of arms. Escutcheon: Or, a chevron between three boars heads couped sable, a crescent center chief for difference. Crest: A horse's head erased ermine.
  • Warner, Richard
    ImageCoat of arms. Escutcheon: Or, a chevron between three boars heads couped sable, a crescent center chief for difference. Crest: A horse's head erased ermine.
  • Warren, Philip Barton
    ImageText printed in red.
  • Washington State Library
    ImageGilt embossed black leather label.
  • Washington State Library
    ImageBlack ink on beige paper.
  • Washington University (Saint Louis, Mo.) Libraries
    ImageWashington University seal. Escutcheon: Argent, on two bars gules, an open_file book with motto: Per veritatem vis, between 3 stars of five points in chief and three fleurs de lis in base.
  • Watt, James
    ImageCrest: Falcon rising, wings addorsed & inverted, beaked and belled on both legs. Motto: Fide et fiducia (By fidelity and confidence)
  • Watton, James F.
    ImageBlack ink on beige paper. Contains the image of a fire place with a vase, three books, a photoframe, and container on the mantel. Next to the fireplace is a bench that has three books on it, one of which is open_file. To the other side of the fireplace is a bookcase with three shelves holding books.
  • Weigelt, Curt, 1844-1911
    ImageArt nouveau design featuring a shield with dissecting instruments, books and a background of flowers.
  • Weinberger, Elizabeth
    ImagePrinted in black and yellow. Field of yellow flowers in a floral frame. Quotation from Goethe.
  • Weissenbach, Ivan
    ImageNaked man holding large, thin book under one arm, apparently opening bolts with an instrument.
  • Weissenbach, Ivan
    Image | 1904Woman with elegant hair ornament holds statuette consisting of a nude woman on a cube with heart on one side, gazing into a mirror
  • Weittenhiller, Moriz von
    ImageWoman decollete, reading
  • Weittenhiller, Moriz von
    Image | 1894the lower part sable charged with an anchor between two stars of six points or. Helm and mantling. Crown from which arises a star of six points between two wings elevated. Motto on banner above crest: Alles mit der Zeit.
  • Wellesley College
    Image | 1881at bottom: Wellesley College seal.
  • Wellesley College Library
    ImageText and college seal: chi/rho and motto: Non ministari sed ministrare
  • Wendell, William
    ImageCoat of arms. Shield with galleon and crossed anchors (re-engraving of an older English plate). Crest: galleon
  • Weston, Blanche Phillips
    ImageText superimposed on photograph of household hearth, including side seats, sconces.
  • West Virginia State Library
    ImageGilt embossed black leather label.
  • Wetherill, Richard B.
    ImageAn escutcheon propped on a bouquet of flowers wrapped by a banner with text. Above, a crest: a demi-lion rampant, in his paws an urn.
  • W. G. E.
    ImageOwner's initials written in a cipher
  • Wheeler, Florence Sylva
    Image | 1895Putto reading a book with a magnifying glass amid books, two roses, and bow and arrow, all surrounded by an oval floral frame.
  • Wheeler, Mary Spalding
    Imagemotto: Hinc mihi salus
  • Wheelock, Grace B.
    ImageWoman in horse-drawn buggy against sky with large cloud
  • White, Arnold, 1848-1925
    ImageSinister, gules a bend engrailed argent charged with 3 bear's heads vert, between two cinqfoils argent. Crest includes beehive azure, presumably with bees, and an indeterminate crossed object.
  • White, Esther Griffin
    Image | 1902Within large central letter 'G', a woman reading sits on a chair or stool reading, shelf of books on wall. Numbers forming date, '1902', in corners.
  • Whitehead, Helen
    ImageUnder archway, a woman, holding censor, is dressed in a surplice with crosses.
  • Whitmore, William Henry, 1836-1900
    Image | 1895Illustrates two Native Americans and a woman draped in garland holding a tablet that states ""Ancestral Tablets. Signed at bottom of tablet ""D. de la Fueille 1695. A.W. Elson & Co. 1895.""
  • Wiesinger, Frigyes
    Image | 1911Naked woman places chaplet on head of man in robe, who points to a large skull at their feet.
  • Wilcox, Jerome Kear
    Imagebehind, bookshelves with glass doors, a window. Seals in each corner.
  • Wilkes, Heaton
    Imageabove it, this motto: In deo salus mea. Motto: Arcui meo non cofido.
  • Wilkes, M. R.
    ImageCandle and books in front of boats near Mediterranean [?] church.
  • Wilkinson, James Jonas
    ImageCoat of arms. Escutcheon: Counter-charged or and azure, the mullets (stars) of six points in fess between three unicorns passant. Crest: Unicorn passant or, under its dexter hoof an escutcheon sable with a mullet of six points or. Motto: Labore et honore.
  • Wilkinson, J. Henry, Jr.
    ImageBalance scales on top of books labeled Law, Taxation and Accounting.
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