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[Bookplate for Edmund Maskelyne]

Description

In black ink, this chippendale-style bookplate consists of an escutcheon, sable (black), charged with a fess, or (gold) and engrailed, and three escallopes, two over one. The escutcheon is crested by a wreath and a demi-lion, holding an escallope between its two paws. The originator's name is framed within the chippendale floral decoration below the escutcheon.

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Title
[Bookplate for Edmund Maskelyne]
Date Created
[between 1730 and 1769]
Description
In black ink, this chippendale-style bookplate consists of an escutcheon, sable (black), charged with a fess, or (gold) and engrailed, and three escallopes, two over one. The escutcheon is crested by a wreath and a demi-lion, holding an escallope between its two paws. The originator's name is framed within the chippendale floral decoration below the escutcheon.
Extent
1 bookplate : burin engraving ; 7.7 x 9.9 cm
Subject
Heraldry
Geographic Location
England
Person Or Corporation
Maskelyne, Edmund
Genre
Prints
Type
Still Image
File Format
image/jpeg
Notes
This bookplate likely belongs to Edmund Maskelyne of Basset Down House in Wiltshire, and Purton. He was baptized 9 August 1728, and died in 1775. He was married twice. He doesn't appear to have had children with either wife.
References:
1) Burke's Landed Gentry (1937) under "Story-Maskelyne (now Arnold-Forster) of Basset Down," on page 1548.
Identifier
BP MUR ENG P M375; BP_MUR_ENG_P_M375
Collection
RBSC Bookplates
Source
Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. Thomas Murray Bookplates Collection. BP MUR ENG P M375
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
10.14288/1.0215364
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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