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| Title | [Bookplate for Edmund Maskelyne] |
| Date Created | [between 1730 and 1769] |
| Sort Date | 1769 |
| Description | In black ink, this chippendale-style bookplate consists of an escutcheon, sable (black), charged with a fess, or (gold) and engrailed, and three escallopes, two over one. The escutcheon is crested by a wreath and a demi-lion, holding an escallope between its two paws. The originator's name is framed within the chippendale floral decoration below the escutcheon. |
| Extent | 1 bookplate : burin engraving ; 7.7 x 9.9 cm |
| Subject | Heraldry |
| Subject - Geographic | England |
| Personal Names | Maskelyne, Edmund |
| Genre | Prints |
| Type | Still Image |
| Format | image/jpeg |
| Notes | This bookplate likely belongs to Edmund Maskelyne of Basset Down House in Wiltshire, and Purton. He was baptized 9 August 1728, and died in 1775. He was married twice. He doesn't appear to have had children with either wife.
References:
1) Burke's Landed Gentry (1937) under "Story-Maskelyne (now Arnold-Forster) of Basset Down, " on page 1548. |
| Access Identifier | BP MUR ENG P M375 |
| Digital Identifier | BP_MUR_ENG_P_M375 |
| Is Part Of | RBSC Bookplates |
| Source | Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. Thomas Murray Bookplates Collection. BP MUR ENG P M375 |
| Date Available | 2008 |
| 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 | Edmund Maskelyne Esqr. |
| DOI | 1.0215364 |
