Crest only. No motto. A graceful festoon on either side of the crest. Of
Massachusetts. Statesman and orator.
630. OTIS. _James Otis. Feby 1773._
Plain name-label, belonging to the orator and patriot of Massachusetts.
631. OTIS. _James Otis, junr’s BOOK._
A large name-label with the name in big type, with the request, _Please
return this with care_. An ornamental type border.
632. PACE. _Henry Pace._
The only information obtainable concerning this plate is the solitary
fact that it is the work of Hurd. It is given in Warren’s “First List of
English Engravers.”
633. PAGE. _Francis Page of the Inner Temple Esqr. 1703._
Early English. Full mantling envelopes the shield. Motto-ribbon empty.
Of Virginia.
634. PAGE. _The Property of Samuel Page._
A frame of Chippendale decoration enclosing simply the name. Resembles
the work of Hurd.
635. PAINE.
A pictorial plate of the celebrated political and deistical writer,
Thomas Paine, is said to be known. Copied from a tail-piece in the
“Gentleman’s Magazine.”
636. PANTON. _Frans. Panton._
Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Meliora spero_. Of New York. A
hair-dresser. Had no right to the arms. Not signed, but undoubtedly by
Maverick.
637. PANTON. _Francis Panton Junr._
Landscape. A very peculiar design. The shield is borne by two ducks, who
have each an end of a ribbon in their bills, the shield being upheld by
it over a stream; mountains in the background, each having one tree on
its peak; ducks are swimming in the marsh, and four men in a boat seem
in no hurry to get anywhere. Motto, _Spes meliora_. Signed, _Maverick
Scp._ Of New York.
[Illustration: Francis Panton Jun^{r}.]
638. PARKE. _John Parke. Esqr. A. M._
Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Terra aut mari_. Signed, _I. S. Sculp._
This was engraved by Skinner, the famous engraver of Bath.
639. PARKER. _B. Parker._
Armorial. Jacobean. Motto, _Aude fieri justum_.
640. PARKER. _James Parker. Esqr._
Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Cave_. A very handsome plate.
641. PARKER. _Jas. Parker._
Pictorial. Landscape. In the immediate foreground a group of laborers
are discussing the first railroad train, which is passing at a safe
distance; the old-fashioned engine and car are moving to the left of the
picture; behind, mountains, and lakes with shipping, and a distant
village are seen. A very elaborate border encloses the scene.
[Illustration: Samuel Parker’s, Nº. 45.]
642. PARKER. _Samuel Parker’s. No._
Pictorial. _Clio_, the Muse of history, sits upon a bank of earth on
which her name is given, under the spreading branches of a tree; a youth
on bended knee receives from her fair hand a volume; other books and a
lyre would indicate that the Muse had further gifts to distribute, or
was enjoying a stay at this place. In the dim distance rises the spire
of the school, over which wheels an arrow of wild ducks. Of Roxbury,
Mass.
643. PARKMAN. _John Parkman, BOSTON._
Pictorial. A large scroll is laid over a low bush, which it almost hides
from view, and on this the name is printed. This is a woodcut border,
with the name printed from type within it. Signed (cut in the wood),
_Russell and Cutler printers_.
644. PARSONS. _Gorham Parsons._
A very pretty name-label; engraved on copper. The name, with appropriate
flourishes, is enclosed within an oval wreath, festooned above, and with
a cherub’s face among the flowers.
645. PARSONS. _William Parsons._
Name-label; engraved. Name in an oval frame and festooned above with
flowers.
646. PASLEY. _William Pasley._
Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Be sure_. The thistle and rose used
in the ornamentation. Not signed, but undoubtedly by Maverick. Of New
York.
647. PAULDING. _J. K. Paulding._
Armorial in form, although no real arms are shown. Ribbon and Wreath.
Motto, _Fidelity_. The design of this plate is from the “Captor’s
Medal.” An ancestor of the owner of this plate was the principal captor
of Major André. A fine estate of the Pauldings’ lies on the Hudson
River, with a castellated mansion of white marble, in which the notable
library was housed. Author and politician.
648. PAULDING. _W. Paulding._
Armorial. Signed by Maverick.
649. PEIRSON. _A. L. Peirson._
Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Consilio manuque_. Signed, _Annin &
Smith Sc._ Of Massachusetts.
650. PEASE. _Lewis Pease._
_The PROPERTY of the REV_
=L= _ong may you live to spread a Saviour’s name_:
=E= _ach day be hallow’d by a serious frame_.
=W= _isdom assigns the task--His call obey_:
=I= _n fear and meekness, point the narrow way_:
=S= _trong are your foes, but Christ is strong as they_.
=P= _ursue with pious zeal th’ road that Jesus trod_,
=E= _nforce his truths--Exalt a Saviour’s blood_:
=A= _ngelic spirits wait to guide you home_,
=S= _ustain the cross--shew Men their certain doom_,
=E= _nsnar’d by Sin a fatal end must come_.
_J ... h B ... n._
The above verse is printed from type and enclosed in a border of
ornamental type.
651. PEASE. _Oliver Pease, Owner._
Pictorial. Motto, _Read and return_. Of Suffield, Conn. A physician.
Date probably about 1800. Very similar to the Sally King, which see for
a description.
652. PEASE. _Oliver Pease, Owner._
Pictorial. Motto, _Read and return_. A variety of the above, in which
but one-half of the compass is shown, and a tessellated floor is laid
under the pillars.
653. PELL. _William F. Pell._
Crest only. Motto, _Deus amici et nos_.
654. PENN. _Edmd. Penn._
Pictorial. A number of books rest upon a shelf; with them, an
hour-glass, a sickle, and two sheaves of wheat; a wreath of oak leaves
and palm is erected above them, and the name is given upon a scroll
which falls over the edge of the shelf. Signed, _T. Baddick_.
655. PENN. _Thomas Penn of Stoke Pogeis in the County of Bucks First
Proprietor of Pensilvania._
Early English. Arms and motto as in the succeeding plate, that of his
father. Illustrated in “Curio,” page 14.
656. PENN. _William Penn Esqr Proprietor of Pennsylvania. 1703._
Armorial. Early English. Full mantling enveloping the whole shield.
Motto, _Dum clavum teneam_. Illustrated in “Curio,” page 13.
[Illustration: William Penn Esq. Proprietor of Pensylvania: 1703]
657. PENN. (Anonymous.) Penn arms.
Supposed to be the plate of Thomas Penn, the son of William. The volume
in which the only copy of this plate has been seen has the autograph of
J. Logan, and the statement that the book was given to him by Thomas
Penn. The William Penn plate is also in the book.
658. PENNINGTON. _Pennington._
Plain armorial. Motto, _Vincit amor patriae_. Of Pennsylvania.
659. PENNINGTON. _Edward Pennington._
Name-label; engraved. Festoon above, and sprays of palm and grape-vine
below.
660. PENNINGTON. _Edward Pennington. Philadelphia._
Pictorial. A reservoir, from which the water is escaping, is
overshadowed by palms of some kind. The significance of this design is
mysterious. Signed, _J. J. Plocher. Sc._
661. PENNINGTON. _T. H. Pennington._
The name is printed from type within a circular frame which is engraved.
The peculiarity of the plate is that after the abbreviation _No._ for
the number of the volume, the word _Plates_ is given. Whether this was
to be erased in volumes which were not illustrated, or the number of
illustrations was to be given in those which had them, is hard to say.
662. PENNSYLVANIA. _The Historical Society of Pennsylvania._
Armorial. The arms of William Penn impaling those of the state. Motto,
_Dum clavum teneam_.
663. PENNSYLVANIA. _The Historical Society of Pennsylvania._
A very handsome steel engraving of the coat-of-arms of the state of
Pennsylvania. Motto, _Virtue, Liberty and Independence_. Another variety
of this plate is intended as a gift-plate.
664. PEPPERELL. (Anonymous.) Sir William Pepperell.
Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Virtute patria tuemini_. A beautiful
plate. On a ribbon at the very top, _Peperi_. William P. Sparhawk,
grandson of the first Sir William Pepperell, assumed his name and was
created a baronet, Oct. 29, 1774. This was undoubtedly his plate. The
vast estates of the family were confiscated in 1778, as they were
Loyalists. The crown allowed five hundred pounds to Sir William.
665. PERKINS. _Thomas Handasyd Perkins._
Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. No motto. A prominent merchant of Boston.
Born, 1765.
666. PETIGRU. _James Louis Petigru._
Plain armorial. Motto, _Verité sans peur_. Prominent lawyer of
Charleston, S.C. Born, 1789; died, 1863.
667. PHILADELPHIA. _Apprentices Library Co. of Philada._
A group of implements indicative of the work done by the patrons of the
Library. On a panel of a desk are the words, _Instituted 1820_; below
this, _Science, Art, Virtue_. An open book upon the desk displays these
words, _Take fast hold of instruction let her not go for she is thy
life. Proverbs. Ch. 1. ver. 17_.
668. PHILADELPHIA. _Apprentices Library Company of Phila. Instituted
1820. Opened for girls 1842._
This plate is a little later than the former, and the scene is shifted
from the class-room to the forest: here by the running brook,
overshadowed by the pines and oaks of the forest, a scroll is found upon
a rock bearing the same quotation from Proverbs that appears upon the
preceding plate. This is a woodcut very much in the style of Anderson.
669. PHILADELPHIA. _The Carpenters Company of Philadelphia, 1724._
Armorial in form. On the shield a square is used as a chevron, and is
placed between three pairs of dividers. No tinctures. The full sun
shines powerfully from above.
670. PHILADELPHIA. _The Library Company of Philadelphia._
The name printed from type within a border made up of ornamental type.
Motto, _Communiter bona profundere Deorum est_. Signed, (_Printed by
Zachariah Paulson jun. No 106 Chestnut-street. May. 1801_).
671. PHILIPSE. _Frederik Philipse. Esqr._
Armorial. Jacobean. No motto. The shield is backed by a brick wall, the
foliations are shell-lined, and the upturned shell is in place under the
shield. Of New York. Illustrated in “Curio,” page 111.
672. PHILLIPS. _Dinwiddie B. Phillips._
Plain armorial. Motto, _Ducit amor patriae_. Of Virginia.
673. PHILLIPS. _Samuel Phillips His Book 1707._
Name-label, with ornamental type border. Grandfather of the founder of
the Academy at Andover and of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
at Boston. Born at Salem, 1690.
674. PHILLIPS ACADEMY. _In usum Academiae Phillipsiae Exoniensis._
Armorial. (Phillips arms.) Chippendale. This plate is not signed, but is
very similar to the Holyoke plate by Hurd, and is undoubtedly his work.
Motto, _Pia mente studeatur_. Phillips Academy of Andover, Mass.
675. PHILLIPS. This plate was used in some of the books of Phillips
Academy, at Exeter, N.H., and has a representation of the arms of the
Phillips family, with a festoon of flowers above it, and below it is
appended the following statement and exhortation:--
The Trustees of Phillips Academy to whom is committed the
distribution of the pious bounty of the late LT. GOV. PHILLIPS
wishing to co-operate in the same benevolent and useful design,
affectionately recommend this inestimable book to the serious and
careful perusal of every person into whose hands it may fall.
Reader, whoever thou art, the work before you is the production of
one of the ablest and best of men, whose praise is in all the
churches. Though dead, he is instructing thousands by his numerous
and excellent practical (?) writings which have survived him. Among
these, _The Saints’ Rest_ has been most highly esteemed. He wrote
it in the near view of death, when in feeble health, and for his
own immediate use; and he testifies that he derived “more benefit
from it, than from all the other studies of his life.” Few books
have ever received higher commendations, been translated into more
languages, passed through more numerous editions, been more read,
or more useful in the Christian church than this. No person of a
serious mind can read it without profit.
“_To allure our desires_, it unveils the sanctuary above, and
discovers the glories and joys of the blessed in the Divine
presence, by a light so strong and lively, that all the glittering
vanities of this world vanish in the comparison, and a sincere
believer will despise them, as one of mature age does the toys and
baubles of children. _To excite our fears_ he removes the screen,
and represents the tormenting passions of the damned in those
dreadful colors, that, if duly considered, would check and control
the unbridled licentious appetites of the most sensual.”[A]
[A] Dr. Bates.
Reader, the book is in your hands, read, meditate, and then judge
for yourself. May the Lord bless the instruction for your spiritual
benefit. So will the good design of the pious doner be answered,
and the Agents of his bounty have their desired reward.
676. PHŒNIX SOCIETY. _Phœnix Society._
Pictorial. A large shield, heart shaped, encloses a picture of a large
plantation, evidently with a considerable settlement on the rising
ground; a stream meanders through the estate, and various kinds of crops
are under cultivation; a little summer-house is seen at the end of a
long path. A large curtain is draped over the shield, and a stag and a
lion guard it at the foot. Under all, a tablet shows a second smaller
shield quartered heraldically, and bearing a hunter’s horn, a right arm,
a quill and roll of paper, and a twig from an oak tree on the four
quarters; this is draped with a festoon of holly leaves, and a line in
Greek impossible of translation is given above it. The meaning and use
of this plate is mysterious. It came from Charleston, S.C.
677. PICKERING. _Henry Pickering._
Armorial. Crest only. Poet.
678. PICKERING. _John Pickering Junr._
Plain armorial. No motto.
679. PICKERING. _T. A. Pickering._
Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. No motto. Possibly by Callender.
680. PIERCE. _William L. Pierce._
Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _In futura spector_. Signed,
_Maverick Sculpt._ Of New York.
681. PIERPONT. _Charles Pierpont._
Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Manet amicitia florebit que
semper_. Signed, _S. Hill_.
682. PIERPONT. _John Pierpont._
Simply a name-label engraved on copper. Minister and poet of Litchfield,
Conn. Born, 1785.
683. PINFOLD. _Charles Pinfold. LL.D._
Armorial. Chippendale. Motto-ribbon empty. Two different plates are
known, but they are very similar.
684. PINFOLD. _Charles Pinfold LL.D. Governor of Barbadoes._
Same as above, with title added.
685. PINTARD. _John Pintard, LL.D._
Armorial. Pictorial. Signed, _Anderson_. The shield rests at the foot of
a palm tree; an anchor lies behind it; the motto, _Never despair_, is
given on a ribbon and the motto, _Fais bien crains rien_, is on the oval
shield. The following line in Greek is also given, Κατἁ οχοχὁν ὁιωχω,
while a fourth motto, _Depressa resurgo_, is seen on a ribbon floating
over the top of the tree. This is a fine woodcut. Founder of the New
York Historical Society.
686. PINTARD. _John Pintard._
Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Fais, bien crains, rien_. Signed,
_Maverick Sct._
687. POOR. _Benjamin Poor._
Plain armorial. Motto, _Pauper non in spe_. Father of Major Ben: Perley
Poore.
688. POPHAM. _William Popham._
Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. No motto. Signed, _Maverick Scp._ Of New
York.
689. POULSON. _John Poulson’s._
A name-label printed wholly from type, the border being very elaborate.
Signed, _Printed by Zachariah Poulson Junior_. Of Philadelphia.
690. POWEL. _Samuel Powel._
Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Proprium decus et petrum_. This is a
better plate in execution than those made by Dawkins, and as it is
almost identical with the John Morgan, M.D., plate, which is probably by
Dawkins, it may have been his model. He seems to have copied freely
from the designs of other engravers. This plate may have been the work
of W. Smith, who engraved the William Spry. The Ryland Randolph, which
is undoubtedly English in execution, is similar to all these and better
than them all. Of Philadelphia. Twice mayor of the city.
691. POWELL. _Hare Samuel Powell._
Armorial.
692. POWELL. _John H. Powell._
The same copper as the Samuel Powell plate, with the name altered.
Founder of Pennsylvania Agricultural Society.
693. POWELL. _Philip Powell._
Armorial.
694. POWER. _James Power of King William County. Price._
Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Impavide_. Of Virginia.
695. POWNALL. _Thomas Pownall._
Armorial. Book-pile. Motto, _Videte et cavete ab avaritia. Luke. 12.
xv._ This is a typical “Book-pile” plate. The books are arranged in
tiers, with the shield in the centre; globes stand upon the topmost
books at either side; a scroll falls from under the shield and bears the
name; the second motto is placed under all, _The Wicked borroweth &
payeth not again_. Born in England in 1722; came to America in 1753;
Lieutenant-Governor of New Jersey in 1755; Governor of Massachusetts in
1757, and of South Carolina in 1760; returned to England, entered
Parliament, and died at Bath in 1805.
696. PRESCOTT. _William Prescott._
Crest only. Motto, _Nil conscire sibi_. Father of the historian. Lawyer
and jurist.
697. PRESCOTT. _William H. Prescott._
Plain armorial. Motto, _Non conscire sibi_. Signed, _A&S_. The eminent
historian.
[Illustration: James Power
of King William County L.J.D.] 698. PRESTON. _William Campbell
Preston._
President of South Carolina College from 1845 to 1851.
699. PRICE. _Benjamin Price. Esqr._
Armorial. Jacobean. No motto.
700. PRICE. _Ezekiel Price._
Armorial. Chippendale. No motto. This plate is not signed, but is
undoubtedly by Hurd. It has the flow of water from the shell beneath the
shield, the peculiar dash after the name, and resembles the Dering
plate. Of Boston.
701. PRIDE. _Halcott B. Pride._
Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Libertas_. Signed, _Maverick
Sculp._ Of New York.
702. PRIESTLEY. _Joseph Priestley._
Plain armorial. Mantling. Motto, _Ars longa, vita brevis_. Of
Pennsylvania. Philosopher, chemist, and theologian.
703. PRINCE. _By the name of Prince._
Plain armorial. Signed, _Wightman. Sc._
704. PRINCE. _Thomas Prince Liber, Anno Domini: 1704._
A printed name-label surrounded by ornamental type. See illustration in
“Curio,” page 12. Thomas Prince was pastor of the Old South Society
(Boston) from 1718 to 1758. His library is one of the best known of
colonial times; he began to collect books as early as 1703, as is shown
by the following plate: “This book belongs to the New England Library,
begun to be collected by Thomas Prince upon his entering Harvard College
July 6th, 1703,” etc. The volumes were deposited in the steeple-chamber
of the Old South Church, and suffered somewhat during the British
occupation. The remaining volumes are now in the Boston Public Library.
Illustrated in the “Ex Libris Journal,” Vol. III, page 152.
705. PRIOLEAU. _Thomas G. Prioleau._
Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Pax in bello_. Physician. Of
Charleston, S.C.
706. PROCTOR. _Col Thomas Proctor, Artillery._
Armorial. Motto, _Honor virtutis praemium_. Colonel of Pennsylvania
Artillery during the Revolution.
707. PROVOOST. _John Provoost._
Armorial. Jacobean. Motto, _Pro libertate_.
708. PROVOOST. _Saml. Provoost. Esqr. Coll: Pet: Cant._
Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Pro libertate_. Not signed, but
undoubtedly by Maverick. This plate is earlier than the succeeding.
709. PROVOOST. _Saml. Provoost._
Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Pro libertate_. Signed, _Maverick
Sculpt._ First Bishop of New York; elected, 1786. Consecrated in
England. Illustrated in “Ex Libris Journal,” Vol. III, page 157.
710. PRUYN. _Samuel Pruyn. Albany._
Pictorial. The scene is towards the close of day, by the side of the
water; Orpheus sits upon a little knoll playing his lyre as he gazes up
into the sky; the passing ship does not distract him, and the rising
clouds and growing dusk are not observed. A very pretty plate. Signed,
_D. W. Wilson Sc._
711. PUTNAM. _The Property of Aaron Putnam, Medford. 178-._
A printed label with the motto between the borders. Motto, _The Wicked
borrow, but do not return again; See thou art not of that Number_.
712. QUINCY. _Josiah Quincy._
Plain armorial. Motto, _Discretio Moderatrix Virtutum_. A very fuzzy
plate. The mantling comes well down the sides of the shield, and is
blown above the helmet in very feathery form. An etching, with the name
in fac-simile of owner’s autograph: in two sizes with no great
dissimilarity, though the motto is not given on the larger one. The
Massachusetts patriot.
713. RANDOLPH. _John Randolph Esqr of the Middle Temple London._
Armorial. Late Jacobean. No motto. The name and address occupy a double
ribbon at the foot. Signed, _BATH. I. Skinner_. The copy before me is
dated in writing, _1742_. Of Virginia. This is the same copper that the
Peyton Randolph was engraved on. The lower ribbon is added, and the name
imperfectly altered. The old name shows through. Illustrated in “Curio,”
page 64.
714. RANDOLPH. _John Randolph of Roanoke._
Plain armorial. Motto, _Fari quae sentiat_. Very pretty mantling. A
second motto above the crest, _Nil admirari_. The Virginia orator.
715. RANDOLPH. _John Randolph Junr._
Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Faro quae sentiat_. A very handsome
plate. The shield is oval in form and is raised upon an elaborate frame,
trimmed upon its upper edge with a garland of roses, and with the
shell-edging at the base; at the left a cupid is just coming into view,
holding up the festoon of flowers as he comes. The motto is on a ribbon
at the base, and the name on a small curtain whose ends are thrust
through the scrolls of the frame. Of Virginia.
716. RANDOLPH. _Peyton Randolph. Esqr._
Armorial. Late Jacobean. No motto. Signed, _BATH. I. Skinner_. First
President of Congress.
717. RANDOLPH. _Ryland Randolph._
Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Fari quae sentiat_. This plate is like
the Powell and Morgan plates, but is superior to them in all ways;
undoubtedly of English make. Of Virginia.
718. RAPHAEL. _B. J. Raphael. M.D._
Pictorial. A hand holding a surgeon’s knife; clouds about. Signed,
_Rohun and Co^{m}. Louisville. Ky._
719. RAPHAEL. _B. J. Raphael. M.D._
Pictorial. A skull and crossed bones. Of Kentucky.
720. RAY. _Robert Ray._
Plain armorial. Motto, _J’espère en Dieu_. Of New York.
721. READ. _Cha. Read of New Jersey, Esqr._
Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Nec spe nec metu_. A peculiar
plate: the shield is surmounted by highly rolled mantling from which
lances depend at either side and suspend the motto-ribbon. Father of the
Colonel Read who figured in the “Joseph Reed Controversy.”
722. READ. _Wm. Read._
Plain armorial. The shield is fastened to a tree, the branches of which
are made to resemble mantling, though there is no helmet. Motto,
_Indefessus vigilando_. Of Maryland.
723. REED. _Catherine P. Reed. Saybrook, Conn._
A printed name-label with ornamental type border. On green paper.
724. REED. _Elijah F. Reed’s._
Literary. An exact reduced copy of the plate of Thomas Robbins, even the
motto being identical.
725. REVERLY. _Henry Reverly._
Armorial. Chippendale. Signed, _F. Kirk Sc._
726. REYNOLDS. _Hannah Reynolds._
A name-label. The oval frame holding the name is festooned with flowers
and wheat stalks; an urn rests upon the frame.
727. RICHARDS. _The property of Mrs. Sally Richards. 1794._
A plain name-label in an ornamental type border.
728. RICKETS. _William Rickets Esqr._
Plain armorial. Very copious mantling rises high above the shield, and
falls low on either side. Of New York.
729. RIDDLE’S LIBRARY. _J. Riddle’s Circulating Library. Shakespear
Head, No. 74 South 8th opposite to Sansom Strt. Philadelphia._
Pictorial. A good head of Shakespeare is in the centre of the design;
this copy is numbered 665, showing a fair-sized number of books.
730. RIVOIRE. _Paul Rivoire._