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Collection:
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Pratt Institute Ex Libris Collection
Collection
Pratt Institute Ex Libris Collection
Collection
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Identifier:
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sc00416
Identifier
sc00416
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Subject:
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Bookplates
Subject
Bookplates
Subject
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Description:
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States, "Ex-Libris Frederick Willis Davis. Brooklyn, N.Y. 1907." depicts an open book. Left page: depicts a statue of a minute mans on a pedestal that states "Here once the embattled farmers stood, and fired the shot heard round the world." The statue is surrounded by two torches and a ribbon that contains the names of the authors "Alcott, Whittier, Longfellow, Emerson, Holmes, Hawthorne, Lowell, Thoreau. Right page: features the motto "A Good Book is the Precious Life Blood of a Master Spirit." Also features a shield with a lion. Signed at bottom "W.F. Hopson."
Description
States, "Ex-Libris Frederick Willis Davis. Brooklyn, N.Y. 1907." depicts an open book. Left page: depicts a statue of a minute mans on a pedestal that states "Here once the embattled farmers stood, and fired the shot heard round the world." The statue is surrounded by two torches and a ribbon that contains the names of the authors "Alcott, Whittier, Longfellow, Emerson, Holmes, Hawthorne, Lowell, Thoreau. Right page: features the motto "A Good Book is the Precious Life Blood of a Master Spirit." Also features a shield with a lion. Signed at bottom "W.F. Hopson."
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Date:
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1907
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Format:
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1 print : b&w ; 9 x 11 cm.
Format
1 print : b&w ; 9 x 11 cm.
Format
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Source:
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Special Collections 277
Source
Special Collections 277
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Language:
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English
Language
English
Language
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Rights:
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Images may be protected by copyright and other restrictions. Transmission or reproduction of more than a single research or teaching copy of a protected item requires permission of the copyright owner. Please contact the repository for available information.
Rights
Images may be protected by copyright and other restrictions. Transmission or reproduction of more than a single research or teaching copy of a protected item requires permission of the copyright owner. Please contact the repository for available information.
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Motto:
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A good book is the precious life of a master spirit
Motto
A good book is the precious life of a master spirit
Motto
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Owner:
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Frederick Willis Davis
Owner
Frederick Willis Davis
Owner
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Place:
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Brooklyn, N.Y.
Place
Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Artist:
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Hopson, William Fowler, 1849-1935
Artist
Hopson, William Fowler, 1849-1935
Artist
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Contributing Institution:
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Pratt Institute
Contributing_Institu tion
Pratt Institute
Contributing Institution
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