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Title
American Antiquarian Society
Style
Book plate  
Bookplate Type
Pictorial
Bookplate Function
Memorial
Institutional or Personal
Institutional  
Dimensions
114 x 144 mm.
Orientation
Portrait
Coverage-Spatial
Worcester (Mass.)  
Subject/Iconography
Haven, Samuel F. (Samuel Foster), 1806-1881  
Bookplate Text
  • American Antiquarian Society.
  • [seal:] NEC POTERIT FERRUM. NEC EDAX ABOLERE VETUSTAS.
  • SAMUEL FOSTER HAVEN. | BORN 1806. DIED 1881
  • Gift from
  • Samuel F. Haven.
Description
"Seal of the American Antiquarian Society, showing Time with hourglass and sickle, sitting on globe, foot on ruined column and classical buildings in background, ""Amer. Antiq. Soc."" on entablature, ""1812"" on step. Portrait of Samuel Foster Haven. globe, books."
Note
"Motto: ""Nec poterit ferrum, nec edax abolere vetustas"" = Nor sword, nor the gnawing tooth of time shall ever be able to destroy (Ovid, Metamorphoses XV, 872)"
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
File Name
exlibris0370.jp2
Repository
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Collection Title
John Starr Stewart Ex Libris Collection
Collection
John Starr Stewart Ex Libris Collection

Descriptive Information

TitleAmerican Antiquarian Society
StyleBook plate  
Bookplate TypePictorial
Bookplate FunctionMemorial
Institutional or PersonalInstitutional  
Dimensions114 x 144 mm.
OrientationPortrait
Coverage-SpatialWorcester (Mass.)  
Subject/IconographyHaven, Samuel F. (Samuel Foster), 1806-1881  
Bookplate Text
  • American Antiquarian Society.
  • [seal:] NEC POTERIT FERRUM. NEC EDAX ABOLERE VETUSTAS.
  • SAMUEL FOSTER HAVEN. | BORN 1806. DIED 1881
  • Gift from
  • Samuel F. Haven.
Description"Seal of the American Antiquarian Society, showing Time with hourglass and sickle, sitting on globe, foot on ruined column and classical buildings in background, ""Amer. Antiq. Soc."" on entablature, ""1812"" on step. Portrait of Samuel Foster Haven. globe, books."
Note"Motto: ""Nec poterit ferrum, nec edax abolere vetustas"" = Nor sword, nor the gnawing tooth of time shall ever be able to destroy (Ovid, Metamorphoses XV, 872)"
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
File Nameexlibris0370.jp2
RepositoryUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Collection TitleJohn Starr Stewart Ex Libris Collection
CollectionJohn Starr Stewart Ex Libris Collection

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