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Title	BP MUR ENG P L397
Contributor	Lawson, Francis
Date Created	[unknown]
Description	This heraldic bookplate consists of a chippendale styled escutcheon, argent (silver) parted per pale ; first, argent, with a saltier, azure (blue), the upper part charged with three garbs, the lower a boar's head, and at dexter and sinister an etoile each ; second, argent, depicting a wolf salient, climbing a tree, vert (green), possibly oak. Above the escutcheon is a straight wreath, charged with a boar's head and below the escutcheon the name and location of the bookplate's owner. The entire escutcheon and accompanying text are surrounded by elaborate chippendale borders. ; Bookplate Type : Heraldic ; Bookplate Function : Ownership
Extent	9.5 X 10.0 CM ; Technique Code : C2 : Burin (graver or gouge) engraving, notably on copper ; ; Orientation : Portrait;
Subject	heraldry
Geographic Location	England
Genre	Illustrated works
Type	Still Image
FileFormat	image/jpeg
Notes	The name 'Francis Lawson' is included in a book noting book collectors called "A Roll of Honour: A Calendar of the names of over 17000 men and women who throughout the British Isles and in our early colonies have collected mss. and printed books from the XIVth to the XIXth century..." By William Carew Hazlitt, originally published in 1908 and republished in 1971 by Lenox Hill Pub. and Dist. Co. (Burt Franklin). "Francis Lawson of the Inner Temple" is also included in a London 1898 publication (compiled again by Hazlitt) called "Contributions towards a Dictionary of English Book-Collectors Part XII" which hosts a roll of cook collectors from 1316-1898. No dates relating to Lawson are given. Item can be found at UBC Library with the main author as 'Dictionary of English Book Collectors' by Bernard Quaritch. ; Personal
Collection	Thomas Murray Collection
Source	Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. Thomas Murray Collection
Date Available	2008
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	10.14288/1.0215353
AggregatedSourceRepository	CONTENTdm

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Francis Lawson,/ of the Inner Temple Esqr.

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