Shield containing three knights" helmets in profile, a flame, and a running fox. Below the shield is a scroll with text. Above the shield is an arm in armor grasping a wreath. Above the arm is the phrase "Ex Libris." The Latin phrase...
The Ainslie Hewett Bookplate Collection features 104 bookplates designed by Louisville native (George) Ainslie Hewett between 1909 and 1951. The bookplates were created for notable Louisville residents, as well as for clients across the United...
Shield containing a lion, two stars, and a loving-cup, which symbolizes friendliness. Below the shield is a scroll with text. The scroll contains the Latin phrase "Ingenio Innumerator Habe." Above the shield is a fox [or dog]. Above the...
Shield or crest with a heart pierced by three daggers. Above the crest is a heart pierced by one dagger. The crest is framed by a wreath. The phrase "Ex Libris" is at the top of the wreath. Below the crest is a scroll that wraps into the...
Bookplates; Armorial bookplates; Labels; Louisville Free Public Library
Shield with a tower in the top half and a skull atop an open book in the bottom half. Above the shield is a knight's helmet facing forward. The shield is surrounded by ornamental flourishes inside a rectangular border. Inside the border and above...
Shield containing three crescents. Above the shield is a knight's helmet. On top of the helmet is dog or fox. The shield is framed by decorative flourishes and a scroll along the top. The scroll contains the phrase 'Sans Pasche." Below the...
Shield containing a heart with crown on top of it and three stars. Above the shield is a crown. The shield is framed by a circular border of a text and a scroll along the bottom with text. The text around the shield is "A good book is the best...
Shield at an angle with a lion on it. Above the shield is a knight's helmet with a buck's head on top of it. Around the shield are decorative flourishes. There is a scroll at the top of the image and one below the shield. The scroll at the top...
Shield featuring a knight's head with helmet in profile. The shield is framed by scroll with text and decorative flourishes. The scroll above the shield contains the phrase "Ex Libris." The name "Charles Haskell Morrow" is on...
Bookplates; Armorial bookplates; Labels; Southwestern Louisiana Institute of Liberal and Technical Learning
Scalloped shield with a dragon on it. Above the shield is a knight's helmet and large ornamental flourishes. Above the helmet is the phrase "Ex Libris." Below the design inside a rectangular frame is the text "Gustave Arvilien Breaux...
Shield featuring Greek text, a row of three flowers, and a cross. Below the shield is a scroll with the Latin phrase "Ut Prosin." Above the shield are a unicorn on the right and a large bird [possibly a griffin] on the left. Beyond the...
Decorative shield with a row of three birds on top and a fourth bird above a painter's palette on the bottom. Below the shield is an open book. The name "Mary Verhoeff" is below the book. Decorative torches are on either side of the...
Decorative shield featuring a knight reading a book on a horse. In the background is a castle. Above the shield is a knight's helmet. A book with text lies open near the base of the shield. The book contains the text "This is [ye] way to all...
Knight in armor astride a horse. Below the horse is a shield containing the name "Caroline Belknap Allen" and a cross. Caroline Allen was the daughter of William Burke Belknap (1811-1889), who founded what became Belknap Hardware &...
Four crusaders or musketeers sitting on a book's spine as though riding a horse. The first man waves a flag, the middle two men wave their swords, and the fourth man waves his hat. A feather sticks out of the book. Above the men is the phrase...
Design in a shape similar to a cross featuring floral and other detailed ornamentation. The widest section has the text "Roberta & William Baldwin." Below the names in a narrower section is the phrase "Inter hos amicos noli nos...
Decorative oval containing a banner. Inside the banner are a bell, violin, and a small roll of sheet music. The banner also contains the text "Ex Libris" and "James P. & Merriam E. Barnes." Black ink. Signed Ainslie Hewett...
Man in ancient clothing with a walking stick climbs a mountain overgrown with ivy towards a castle or fortress. The design is surrounded by a decorative border. Within the design are six lines of scrolls with the text "One who never turned his...
Sundial with ivy and floral bushes inside oval surrounded by floral green background. The name "Laure Josephine Cassidy" is at the top. In a white stripe near the top of the design is the quotation "Follow the Sun as I his favor...
