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[Bookplate for Walter Stevens Herrington]

Description

This bookplate's design features a distinct rectangular frame, with flora, particularly pine needles, pine cones and maple leaves, in the upper portion, an hour glass and scales in the lower corners and a book shelf along the bottom border. Within this decorated frame, an open book displays the originator's name, and below, many literary characters appear, including a mother and child, a crowned princess or queen and a winged fairy.

Item Metadata

Title
[Bookplate for Walter Stevens Herrington]
Date Created
[between 1930 and 1969]
Description
This bookplate's design features a distinct rectangular frame, with flora, particularly pine needles, pine cones and maple leaves, in the upper portion, an hour glass and scales in the lower corners and a book shelf along the bottom border. Within this decorated frame, an open book displays the originator's name, and below, many literary characters appear, including a mother and child, a crowned princess or queen and a winged fairy.
Extent
1 bookplate : offset ; 8.9 x 12.7 cm
Subject
Books; Plants
Geographic Location
Canada
Person Or Corporation
Herrington, Walter Stevens
Genre
Prints
Type
Still Image
File Format
image/jpeg
Language
Latin
Notes
Walter Stevens Herrington, 1860-1947, resided in Napanee, Ontario. He worked as a lawyer and was the author of several books on Canadian history, including, Heroines of Canadian History, Pioneer Life Among the Loyalists in Upper Canada, and at least two histories of the counties of Lennox and Addington.
References:
1) Walter Stevens Herrington. (2001). Internet Archives. Retrieved June 2, 2009, from: http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%22Herrington%2C%20Walter%20S.%20(Walter%20Stevens)%2C%201860-1947%22
2) Falconbridge, Sir William Glenholme. (2000). Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online. Retrieved June 2, 2009, from: http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=7362&&PHPSESSID=ychzfqkvzape
Identifier
BP MUR CAN P H477; BP_MUR_CAN_P_H477
Collection
RBSC Bookplates
Source
Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. Thomas Murray Bookplates Collection. Leslie Binder. BP MUR CAN P H477
Date Available
2010
Provider
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
DOI
10.14288/1.0215594
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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