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[Bookplate for L. Emile Grothé by Aimé Dufesne]
[Bookplate for L. Emile Grothé by Aimé Dufesne]
Title[Bookplate for L. Emile Grothé by Aimé Dufesne]
CreatorDufesne, Aimé
Date Created1920
Sort Date1920
DescriptionBlack ink on white paper. Border has white outlines, shaded for a three-dimensional effect and is filled in with thin black lines. The top and bottom sides of the border indent in the middle with squared corners. The left and right sides of the border indent in the middle with rounded corners. The top half of the bookplate has diagonal black lines extending wider from the centre. The top left corner features a person wearing a feathered headdress and a sash holding arrows in their left hand and a bow in their right hand. They are standing on a decorative ledge connected to the border and sitting atop of an elaborate curlicue. The right corner has the same curlicue and ledge and a person in a long coat and striped hat holding a pouch stands atop it. Between the two figures is an open book. The bottom of the top half of the bookplate contains half a round map of the world surrounded by a thick border of the same style as the overall bookplate border. The owner's motto is written across the map's border in thin, capitalized, sans-serif font. A rectangular border of the same design sits in the centre of the bookplate. The top of the border features large, captitalized, serif block font. The font is white with a black background and white stripes surrounding that background. On either side of that text are half circle decorations in a vertical stack between two thin white borders. The centre of the rectangle within the borders has a grey background with capitalized, sans-serif block font printed on top. The font is black with a white outline and dark shading. Two shields hang below the rectangle on the left and right side. The shield on the left is argent with sable dots per fess. The top third of the crest is charged with two fleurs-des-lis. The central portion of the crest, featuring sable and argent stripes. is charged with a lion passant guardant. The bottom third of the crest is charged with three maple leaves with connected stems. The shield on the right is per pale consisting of sable and argent stripes and argent with sable dots. The left side is charged with two lions passant that are argent with sable dots. The right side is charged with a lion sejant erect and eight hearts, each of which are sable and argent striped. Between the two crests, hanging from the central rectangular feature, is a checkered black rectangle with white borders on the left, right, and bottom sides. White curlicues extend from the left and right sides. Similar curlicues, leafy decoration, and black strip adorned with small circles extend from the bottom of the rectangle. The background of the bottom half of the bookplate not covered with other decorative features has the same black stripes as the top half. In the bottom left and right corners of the bookplate are four books each, spines facing out. Next to the books on the left is a black inkwell with two feather quills in it. Next to the inkwell is a beehive on a wooden platform surrounded by five bees. On the right of the beehive is an oil lamp with a bright flame burning. Outside the bottom border, inside the indent, the bookplate creator's name and date of creation is printed in thin, black, sentence-case, serif font.
Extent1 bookplate : intaglio printing ; 7.1 x 9.4 cm
SubjectPrivate libraries
Subject - GeographicMontréal (Québec)
Personal NamesGrothé, L. Emile
GenrePrints
TypeStill Image
Formatimage/jpeg
LanguageFrench
Latin
English
NotesLouis-Emile Grothé was born in Montreal on April 3, 1886. He attended Saint-Louis School, Saint-Jean Baptiste Academy, Collège Notre-Dame, Côte-des-Neiges, and Saint-Laurent College. Grothé initially showed an aptitude for architecture and worked in architect M. Theo Daoust's studio. However, Grothé ultimately decided to pursue a career in business. Grothé's father, Louis-Ovide Grothé, owned a cigar factory on St-Pierre Street, which Louis-Emile joined on June 25, 1902. He worked there in various capacities, such as a tobacco preparer, collector, packer, and foreman, for 19 years. After Louis-Emile's father died in 1911, Louis-Emile became a co-owner and director of the business. In 1914 the business was reorganized and renamed L.-O Grothé, Ltée. In 1921, Grothé left the cigar factory to oversee the management of the L.-O Grothé box factory. He also took charge of the department of cigarettes, which was located on Avenue Henri-Julien. Grothé was the Director of the Montreal Chamber of Commerce and a shareholder of the Canadian National Bank and the Westmore Land Co. He was also quite charitable. He served as the Governor of the Hôpital Notre-Dame and the Hôpital Sainte-Justine. He was a benefactor of the Université de Montréal and a member of Vincent-de-Paul. Grothé was a Lieutenant of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulcher. Additionally, he was a member of the Order of the Knights of Columbus and became President of the 4th chapter, the first French Canadian to hold this position. Grothé became the Director of the Ordre des Oliviers. He was a member of the Association du Bien-Etre de la Jeunessi du Club de Réforme, the Club Canadien, the Artisans canadiens-français, the Alliance Nationale, and the C.M.B.A.. He was also Vice-President of the Alahambra in Montreal. Grothé was a member of the Laval-sur-le-Lac and Whitlock golf clubs in Hudson. He liked fishing, hunting, and tennis and also enjoyed travelling. He travelled around the United States and Europe, as well as Egypt and Algeria. He was a well-known bibliophile and possessed a notable collection of valuable Canadian works.
References:
1) http://collections.banq.qc.ca:81/jrn03/biographies_cafr/src/1933/170678_1933.txt
2) Montreal related named grand cross knight of the order of the holy sepulcher. (December 30, 1951). The Observer Retrieved from http://obs.stparchive.com/Archive/OBS/OBS12301951P05.php
Access IdentifierBP MUR CAN P G7684
Digital IdentifierBP_MUR_CAN_P_G7684
Is Part OfRBSC Bookplates
SourceOriginal Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. Thomas Murray Bookplates Collection. Stanley Binder. BP MUR CAN P G7684
Date Available2017-01-25
Publisher - DigitalVancouver : University of British Columbia Library
RightsImages 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
TranscriptS'UNIR POUR GRANDIR EX LIBRIS L. EMILE GROTHÉ Aimé Dufresne, Sculpt 1920
TranslationUnited we stand. Bookplate.
DOI1.0364077
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