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[Bookplate for John Leeds Bozman]

Description

This bookplate consists of an argent (silver) escutcheon with a gules (red) fess. On the escutcheon are three sable (black) eagles, displayed, two over one. Raised above the shield on floral mantling is a curved crest wreath, and a perched cockatrice. Below the shield is a banner containing the Latin motto.

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Title
[Bookplate for John Leeds Bozman]
Date Created
[between 1770 and 1829]
Description
This bookplate consists of an argent (silver) escutcheon with a gules (red) fess. On the escutcheon are three sable (black) eagles, displayed, two over one. Raised above the shield on floral mantling is a curved crest wreath, and a perched cockatrice. Below the shield is a banner containing the Latin motto.
Extent
1 bookplate : intaglio printing, burin engraving ; 9.5 x 11.8 cm
Subject
Heraldry
Geographic Location
Maryland
Person Or Corporation
Bozman, John Leeds
Genre
Prints
Type
Still Image
File Format
image/jpeg
Language
Latin
Notes
John Leeds Bozman was a lawyer, poet, and historian. He was born in Maryland in 1757 and died in 1823. He studied at the University of Pennsylvania, 1783, and completed his studies in London, becoming a member of Middle Temple. Middle Temple is one of the four Inns of Court exclusively entitled to call their members to the English bar as barristers. According to "American Bookplates" by Charles Dexter Allen, Bozman's chief work was "History of Maryland to the Restoration in 1660." His work, an "Historical and Philosophical Sketch of the Prime Causes of the Revolutionary War" was apparently suppressed ; in it Washington's role was praised and Franklin's depreciated.
References:
1) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Temple
Identifier
BP MUR USA P B696; BP_MUR_USA_P_B696
Collection
RBSC Bookplates
Source
Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. Thomas Murray Bookplates Collection. BP MUR USA P B696
Date Available
2007
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy, or otherwise use these images must be obtained from Rare Books and Special Collections: http://rbsc.library.ubc.ca
DOI
10.14288/1.0215267
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Rights

Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy, or otherwise use these images must be obtained from Rare Books and Special Collections: http://rbsc.library.ubc.ca