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[Bookplate for Jonathon H. Magor]
[Bookplate for Jonathon H. Magor]
Title[Bookplate for Jonathon H. Magor]
Date Created[unknown]
DescriptionBlack ink on white coated paper. This bookplate depicts the couped head of a greyhound with two collars above a straight wreath.
Extent1 bookplate : burin engraving ; 5.7 x 8.6 cm
SubjectAnimals ; Heraldry
Personal NamesMagor, Jonathon H.
GenrePrints
TypeStill Image
Formatimage/jpeg
NotesAccording to "A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland" by Sir Bernard Burke, the Magor family resided in the Penventon House near Redruth in Cornwall, England. The Magor family was involved in the brewing business in England from at least the 1760s. Jno. is common abbreviation for the name Jonathon.
References:
1) COMMON PERSONAL NAME ABBREVIATIONS USED IN JOSEPH DOW'S HISTORY OF HAMPTON. Accessed Nov 9 2009 from: http://www.hampton.lib.nh.us/hampton/history/dow/abbrev.htm
2) Burke's genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry, Volume 2 By John Burke 1867. Accessed Nov 9 from http://books.google.com/books?id=0NEKAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA781#v=onepage&q=&f=false
3) Cornwall Industrial Settlements Initiative Redruth and Plain-An-Gwarry. Accessed Nov 9 from: www.historic-cornwall.org.uk/cisi/redruth/CISI_Redruth_report.pdf
Access IdentifierBP MUR SL P M346
Digital IdentifierBP_MUR_SL_P_M346
Is Part OfRBSC Bookplates
SourceOriginal Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. Thomas Murray Bookplates Collection. Leslie Binder. BP MUR SL P M346
Date Available2010
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
TranscriptJno. H. Magor
DOI1.0215563
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