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[Bookplate for Charles Collier]
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| Title | [Bookplate for Charles Collier] |
| Date Created | [between 1800 and 1899] |
| Sort Date | 1899 |
| Description | Bookplate design consists of an escutcheon azure (blue), with a fess argent (silver), charged with three heraldric roses, two over one. Above the escutcheon is an esquire helmet, along with mantling. Above the helmet is a straight wreath, charged with a human figure holding a heraldric flower. Below the shield is a banner containing Latin motto. |
| Extent | 1 bookplate : steel engraving ; 7.2 x 11.5 cm |
| Subject | Heraldry |
| Subject - Geographic | England |
| Personal Names | Collier, Charles |
| Genre | Prints |
| Type | Still Image |
| Format | image/jpeg |
| Language | Latin
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| Notes | Charles Collier is the author of at least one publication, called "An Essay on the Principles of Education, Physiologically considered, " which was published in 1856 in London. According to the title page, Charles Collier was also a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, and an honourary fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons.
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.
2) Collier, Charles. An essay on the Principles of Education, Physiologically considered. London: D. Nutt, 1856. Accessed from GoogleBooks 9 Mar. 2009 from http://books.google.ca/books?id=E1cOAAAAQAAJ. Original document from University of Lausanne.
3) Fincham, H.W. The Artists and Engravers of British and American Bookplates. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd, 1897.
4) Heraldric Dictionary. University of Notre Dame, Dept. of Special Collections. Accessed 18 Nov. 2008 from http://www.rarebooks.nd.edu/digital/heraldry/ |
| Access Identifier | BP MUR ENG P C655 |
| Digital Identifier | BP_MUR_ENG_P_C655 |
| Is Part Of | RBSC Bookplates |
| Source | Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. Thomas Murray Bookplates Collection. Leslie Binder. BP MUR ENG P C655 |
| Date Available | 2009 |
| 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 | VITANDA EST DESIDIA Charles Collier, M.D. F.R.S. |
| Translation | [vitanda] and leisure |
| DOI | 1.0215470 |
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