[Bookplate for Frank John Joseph]
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Title | [Bookplate for Frank John Joseph] |
Date Created | [not before 1860] |
Sort Date | 1860 |
Description | Black ink on cream paper. The crest features a bushel of wheat tied with a ribbon around the center atop a crest-wreath. Shield is divided per chevron. The background is black and it is charged with five smaller bushels three over two. The three bushels are above the chevron and the remaining two are below. The shield is decorated with an elaborate white border. Below the shield, the motto is printed in black, capitalized, block sans serif font on a curling ribbon with decorative ends. Underneath the motto, the bookplate owner's name is printed in black, sentence case gothic font. |
Extent | 1 bookplate : intaglio printing ; 8.6 x 12.1 cm |
Subject | Lawyers ; Wheat ; Armorial bookplates ; Heraldry |
Subject - Geographic | Toronto (Ont.) |
Personal Names | Joseph, Frank John |
Genre | Prints |
Type | Still Image |
Format | image/jpeg |
Language | Latin
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Notes | Frank John Joseph was born in Toronto in 1837. He worked as a barrister-at-law. He was a law clerk to the Ontario legislature and served as Court Registrar for a trial on contested election cases. He also wrote several legal handbooks. He dabbled in numismatics and had a substantial collection of British War Medals, as well as some British, Canadian, and United States, and Ancient coins. Joseph died in a railway accident on February 8, 1895. References: 1) Chadwick, E. M. (1894). Ontarian families: genealogies of United-Empire-Loyalist and other pioneer families of Upper Canada. Rolph, Smith & Co., Publishers. Retrieved from https://archive.org/stream/cihm_07683/cihm_07683_djvu.txt 2) Marvin, W. T. R., & Low, L. H. (Eds.). (1895). American Journal of Numismatics, Volumes 29-30. Boston: Press of T.R. Marvin & Son. Retrieved from https://books.google.ca/books?id=QEE9AQAAMAAJ 3) Smith, J. F., & Joseph, F. J. (1892). A Digest of the Reported Cases Determined in the Superior Courts of Ontario... - James Frederick Smith, Frank John Joseph, Canada. Supreme Court, Canada. Exchequer Court, Law Society of Upper Canada. Toronto: Rowsell & Hutchison. Retrieved from https://books.google.ca/books?id=_C4tAQAAMAAJ |
Access Identifier | BP MUR CAN P J847 |
Digital Identifier | BP_MUR_CAN_P_J847 |
Is Part Of | RBSC Bookplates |
Source | Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. Thomas Murray Bookplates Collection. Stanley Binder. BP MUR CAN P J847 |
Date Available | 2018-03-01 |
Publisher - Digital | 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 |
Transcript | VINCIT QUI SE VINCIT. Frank John Joseph.. Of Th[illegible]is swp Law Clerk Osgoode Hall Killed in Railway Accident |
Translation | He conquers who conquers himself |
DOI | 1.0364091 |
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