| 1. | ![[Bookplate for Edmund F. Bourke by T. Welch]](/cgi-bin/thumbnail.exe?CISOROOT=/bookplate&CISOPTR=443 "[Bookplate for Edmund F. Bourke by T. Welch]") | [Bookplate for Edmund F. Bourke by T. Welch] | This heraldic bookplate consists of an escutcheon quartered per cross. The dexter chief and sinister base sections contain a gules (red) cross on an or (gold) background. At the dexter chief of each cross is a lion rampant. The dexter base and sinister chief sections are each divided per pale, with an argent (silver) dexter side and a gules (red) sinister side. In the middle of these two sections is a lion rampant surrounded by three fleur-de-lis, two over one. Sitting atop the shield on a curved crest wreath is a cat guardant with leash. Below the shield is a banner containing the Latin motto. |
