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Descriptive Information

Title
University of Michigan Library
Designer
Spenceley, J. Winfred (Joseph Winfred), 1865-1908  
Style
Book plate  
Bookplate Type
Pictorial  
Bookplate Function
Ownership  
Institutional or Personal
Institutional  
Dimensions
74 x 97 mm
Orientation
Portrait
Coverage-Spatial
Ann Arbor (Mich.)  
Bookplate Text
  • SI QUAERIS PENINSULAM AMOENAM CIRCUMSPICE
  • TUEBOR
  • [seal:] E PLURIBUS UNUM
  • LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
  • ARTES | SCIENTIA | VERITAS
  • 1837
Description
  • motto: Artes scientia, veritas (Arts, science, truth) and date: 1837. State of Michigan seal: Shield shows soldier at attention on lakeshore, sun on the horizon. Motto: Tuebor (I will defend). Supporters: elk and moose. Crest: Eagle and motto from Great Seal of the United States. Motto: Si quaeris peninsulam amoenam circumspice (If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you). Pine branches.
  • Seals of the University of Michigan and the State of Michigan. University of Michigan seal (1895): oil lamp on a book
Reference
Ward, Harry P. Some American college bookplates. Columbus, Ohio: Champlin, 1915. Page 146.
Rights
No Copyright - United States
File Name
exlibris0894.jp2
Collection Title
John Starr Stewart Ex Libris Collection
Collection
John Starr Stewart Ex Libris Collection
TitleUniversity of Michigan Library
DesignerSpenceley, J. Winfred (Joseph Winfred), 1865-1908  
StyleBook plate  
Bookplate TypePictorial  
Bookplate FunctionOwnership  
Institutional or PersonalInstitutional  
Dimensions74 x 97 mm
OrientationPortrait
Coverage-SpatialAnn Arbor (Mich.)  
Bookplate Text
  • SI QUAERIS PENINSULAM AMOENAM CIRCUMSPICE
  • TUEBOR
  • [seal:] E PLURIBUS UNUM
  • LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
  • ARTES | SCIENTIA | VERITAS
  • 1837
Description
  • motto: Artes scientia, veritas (Arts, science, truth) and date: 1837. State of Michigan seal: Shield shows soldier at attention on lakeshore, sun on the horizon. Motto: Tuebor (I will defend). Supporters: elk and moose. Crest: Eagle and motto from Great Seal of the United States. Motto: Si quaeris peninsulam amoenam circumspice (If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you). Pine branches.
  • Seals of the University of Michigan and the State of Michigan. University of Michigan seal (1895): oil lamp on a book
ReferenceWard, Harry P. Some American college bookplates. Columbus, Ohio: Champlin, 1915. Page 146.
RightsNo Copyright - United States
File Nameexlibris0894.jp2
Collection TitleJohn Starr Stewart Ex Libris Collection
CollectionJohn Starr Stewart Ex Libris Collection

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