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[Bookplate for Edward Brown Lees and Dorothy Livesey Lees]
[Bookplate for Edward Brown Lees and Dorothy Livesey Lees]
Title[Bookplate for Edward Brown Lees and Dorothy Livesey Lees]
Date Created[unknown]
DescriptionBookplate design is circular, with an escutcheon divided per pale. Primary charges are a lion rampant and falcons. Above the shield is an esquire helmet and a straight wreath charged with another falcon. Circular banner surrounding escutcheon contains bookplate owner's names.
Extent1 bookplate : steel engraving ; 8.9 x 11.4 cm
SubjectHeraldry
Subject - GeographicEngland
Personal NamesLees, Edward Brown ; Lees, Dorothy Livesey
GenrePrints
TypeStill Image
Formatimage/jpeg
LanguageLatin
NotesThurland Castle is an estate located in Lancaster, a county in northwestern England. According to a 1914 publication, "A History of the County of Lancaster, " Thurland Castle was sold to Edward Brown Lees in 1885. Burke's Landed Gentry notes Edward Brown Lees was educated at Eton and Exeter College at Oxford, married Dorothy Livesey in 1877, and had five children. Edward died 27 August 1896 and Dorothy in 1912.
References:
1) Burke, Bernard. Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry. H. Pirie-Gordon, ed. 15th Ed. London: Shaw Publishing Co. Ltd. and Burke Publishing Co. Ltd., 1937. 1346.
2) Fincham, H.W. The Artists and Engravers of British and American Bookplates. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd, 1897.
3) Heraldric Dictionary. University of Notre Dame, Dept. of Special Collections. Accessed 18 Nov. 2008 from http://www.rarebooks.nd.edu/digital/heraldry/
4) Lancashire. Wikipedia. Accessed 9 March 2009 from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lancashire.
5) 'Townships: Cantsfield', A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 8 (1914), pp. 232-237. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=53307 Date accessed: 09 March 2009.
Access IdentifierBP MUR ENG P L447
Digital IdentifierBP_MUR_ENG_P_L447
Is Part OfRBSC Bookplates
SourceOriginal Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. Thomas Murray Bookplates Collection. Leslie Binder. BP MUR ENG P L447
Date Available2009
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
TranscriptFide sed cui vide Edward Brown Lees and Doroth Livesey his wife Thurland Castle
Translation[good faith] but also [cui vide]
DOI1.0215471
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