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[Bookplate for Charles Eliot Norton] [between 1870 and 1899]

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Title [Bookplate for Charles Eliot Norton]
Date Created [between 1870 and 1899]
Description This bookplate consists of a straight heraldic wreath charged with a gryphon. Below the wreath a three books, piled, with a scroll over-top, with Latin motto within.
Extent 1 bookplate : steel engraving ; 6 x 7.8 cm
Subject Heraldry
Geographic Location United States
Person Or Corporation Norton, Charles Eliot
Genre Prints
Type Still Image
FileFormat image/jpeg
Language Latin
Notes Bookplate belongs to a Charles Eliot Norton (1827-1908), an art history and literary scholar born in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Born to Andrew Norton, a Unitarian theologian, and Catherine Eliot, a professor of sacred literature at Harvard, Norton was educated at Harvard himself. He eventually settled back at Harvard as a professor of art history after travelling from place to place, including Boston, Europe, and India. He often travelled back to Europe and England, and notably forged friendships with Thomas Carlyle and Leslie Stephen (father of Virginia Woolf). Paper damage at centre of plate.
References:
1) Allen, Charles Dexter. "A few recent examples." American Book-Plates, A guide to their Study with Examples. New York and London: Macmillan and Co., 1894. 346.
2) "Charles Eliot Norton." Wikipedia. 24 Jan. 2008. Accessed 03 Mar. 2008 from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Eliot_Norton
3) The Manual of Heraldry. 7th Ed. London: Virtue Brothers & Co., 1866.
4) Heraldic Dictionary. University of Notre Dame, Dept. of Special Collections. 31 July 2000. Accessed 21 Nov. 2007 at http://www.rarebooks.nd.edu/digital/heraldry/index.html.
5) "Mottoes A-C." Heraldry Unlimited. First accessed 3 Mar. 2004 from http://www.heraldryunlimited.com/guide/motto/AC.htm.
6) Simpson, D.P. Cassell's New Latin Dictionary. 3rd Ed. London: Cassell & Company Ltd., 1964.
Identifier BP MUR SL P N678
BP_MUR_SL_P_N678
Collection RBSC Bookplates
Source Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. Thomas Murray Bookplates Collection. BP MUR SL P N678
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 10.14288/1.0215377
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AMICI ET AMICUIS CHARLES ELIOT NORTON

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