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Bookplate design is circular, with an escutcheon divided per pale. Primary charges are a lion rampant and falcons. Above the shield is an esquire helmet and a straight wreath charged with another falcon. Circular banner surrounding escutcheon contains bookplate owner's names.
Item Metadata
| Title |
[Bookplate for Edward Brown Lees and Dorothy Livesey Lees]
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| Date Created |
[unknown]
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| Description |
Bookplate design is circular, with an escutcheon divided per pale. Primary charges are a lion rampant and falcons. Above the shield is an esquire helmet and a straight wreath charged with another falcon. Circular banner surrounding escutcheon contains bookplate owner's names.
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| Extent |
1 bookplate : steel engraving ; 8.9 x 11.4 cm
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image/jpeg
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| Language |
Latin
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| Notes |
Thurland Castle is an estate located in Lancaster, a county in northwestern England. According to a 1914 publication, "A History of the County of Lancaster," Thurland Castle was sold to Edward Brown Lees in 1885. Burke's Landed Gentry notes Edward Brown Lees was educated at Eton and Exeter College at Oxford, married Dorothy Livesey in 1877, and had five children. Edward died 27 August 1896 and Dorothy in 1912.
References: 1) Burke, Bernard. Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry. H. Pirie-Gordon, ed. 15th Ed. London: Shaw Publishing Co. Ltd. and Burke Publishing Co. Ltd., 1937. 1346. 2) Fincham, H.W. The Artists and Engravers of British and American Bookplates. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd, 1897. 3) Heraldric Dictionary. University of Notre Dame, Dept. of Special Collections. Accessed 18 Nov. 2008 from http://www.rarebooks.nd.edu/digital/heraldry/ 4) Lancashire. Wikipedia. Accessed 9 March 2009 from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lancashire. 5) 'Townships: Cantsfield', A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 8 (1914), pp. 232-237. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=53307 Date accessed: 09 March 2009. |
| Identifier |
BP MUR ENG P L447; BP_MUR_ENG_P_L447
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| Collection | |
| Source |
Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. Thomas Murray Bookplates Collection. Leslie Binder. BP MUR ENG P L447
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| Date Available |
2009
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| Provider |
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
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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
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| DOI |
10.14288/1.0215471
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| Aggregated Source Repository |
CONTENTdm
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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