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Lawes, Edward

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Descriptive Information

Originator
Lawes, Edward
Style
Book plate
Bookplate Type
Armorial
Bookplate Function
Ownership
Institutional or Personal
Personal
Date
1851
Dimensions
64x93 mm
Orientation
Portrait
Bookplate Text
[motto:] QUID LEGES SINE MORIBUS / Edward Lawes. / 1851
Description
  • Coat of arms. Escutcheon: Parted per pale, Dexter: parted per chief invected, the upper part sable, three estoiles argent in chief, the lower part erminois
  • Sinister: gules parted per chevron argent between three knots [?]. Crest: On a mound vert, a marten with an estoile on its shoulder. Motto: Quid leges sine moribus (What are laws without morals?)
Rights
  • Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • For more information, please contact the Rare Book and Manuscript Library: https://illinois.edu/fb/sec/7016277
Collection Title
John Starr Stewart Ex Libris Collection
Local Identifier
exlibris1196.jp2
Repository
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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