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The Illustrated Inventory of Paul Revere's works
at the American Antiquarian Society
Revere Collection - Bookplates in the Graphic Arts and Reserve Collections
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PDF | download imageGardiner Chandler
From Bookplates Collection [click for collection description]
[Gardiner Chandler Bookplate]
[ca. 1760]; sheet: (8.6 x 7 cm). plate: (8.4 x 6.9 cm).
Brigham plate 51. Link to Brigham.Engraved bookplate with a heavily decorated Chippendale-style border with mantling, leaves and flowers surrounding a crest. This border is reproduced on several other Revere bookplates. Coat of arms features a checkered background with a diagonal panel, chevron. On the panel are three lions with their right paws extended. Beneath the border is a blank ribbon-scroll. At the helm is a nest with three young birds eating food from their mother’s beak. Engraved script text at bottom reads “Gardiner Chandler” and “P Revere Sculp.” Text at top reads “No [ ]”
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PDF | download imageDavid Greene
From Bookplates Collection [click for collection description]
[David Greene Bookplate]
[no date]; sheet: (9.6 x 7.4 cm). plate: (9.6 x 6.8 trimmed cm).
Brigham plate 51. Link to Brigham.Engraved bookplate with a heavily decorated Chippendale-style border with mantling, leaves and flowers surrounding a crest. The crest’s imagery features three bucks facing left and on the top at the helm, the bust of a buck with a full set of antlers. Ribbon scroll beneath reads “Nec Timeo Nec Sperno” and beneath that, the name “David Greene” with swirls and flourishes surrounding his name. Signed “Revere Scl” in the lower right.
Epes Sargent
From Bookplates Collection [click for collection description]
[Epes Sargent Bookplate]
[1764]; sheet: (10.3 x 8.6 cm). plate: (9 x 7 cm).
Brigham plate 51. Link to Brigham.Engraved bookplate with a heavily decorated Chippendale-style border with mantling, leaves and flowers surrounding a crest. In the center are three dolphins, facing left, with a chevron dividing the space. At the helm of the border is another dolphin. Text at top reads “No [ ]” and beneath, in engraved script with flourish, “Epes Sargent.” Signed “P Revere Sculp” in the lower right.
Andrew Oliver
From Bookplates Collection [click for collection description]
[Andrew Oliver Bookplate]
[no date]; sheet: (10.6 x 8.3 cm). plate: (9.3 x 7.2 cm).
Brigham plate 52. Link to Brigham.Engraved bookplate with a heavily decorated Chippendale-style border with mantling, leaves and flowers surrounding a crest. The crest is made up of four divided spaces mirroring each other. In the upper left and lower right is an image of a hand, emerging from the clouds, holding onto another hand or glove. The panels in the upper right and lower left consist of the faces of three lions and a chevron separating two of the heads from the third. Above at the helm is a dove with sprig of olive branch in his bill. Ribbon scroll beneath with motto reads “Pax Quaeritus Bello” and beneath that “Andrew Oliver” in engraved script with flourish.
Paul Riviore
From Bookplates Collection [click for collection description]
[Paul Riviore Bookplate; AAS copy mutilated]
[no date]; mutilated sheet: (7.5 x 6.8 cm).
Brigham plate 52. Link to Brigham.Engraved bookplate with a heavily decorated Chippendale-style border with mantling, leaves and flowers surrounding a crest. Crest features three stripes divided by a diagonal panel with three fleur-de-lis. At the helm of the crest is a ring. Beneath is a blank ribbon and beneath that the scripted engraved text “Paul Riviore” with flourish. Note: AAS copy mutilated at bottom and one pictured here is different from the one illustrated by Brigham.
Isaiah Thomas
From Bookplates Collection – Reserve [click for collection description]
[Isaiah Thomas Bookplate; State I]
[1769]; sheet: (8.2 x 7.1 cm). plate: (7.9 x 6.8 cm).
Brigham plate 52. Link to Brigham.Engraved bookplate with a heavily decorated Chippendale-style border with mantling, leaves and flowers surrounding a crest. Central is a dark cross with four crescent moons. At the helm of the cross is a bust of an animal looking left, perhaps a hind or deer, wearing a collar. At the bottom is a ribbon scroll reading “Nec Elatus Nec Dejectus”; text at the top reads “No [ ]” This is the first bookplate commissioned for Thomas by Revere. Note: AAS has other examples of the Thomas Bookplate contained within various volumes of the AAS Collection.
John Gardiner
From Bookplates Collection [click for collection description]
[John Gardiner Bookplate]
[no date]; sheet: (10.6 x 8.3 cm). cut: (9.6 x 6.9 cm).
Brigham plate 52. Link to Brigham.Engraved bookplate with a heavily decorated Chippendale-style border with mantling, leaves and flowers surrounding a crest. The central image features three powder horns with clovers divided by a chevron. At the helm is a bent arm in armor with a bare hand holding what appears to be a quill. Ribbon scroll is blank beneath. Engraved text “John Gardiner” appears at bottom.
Perez Morton
From Bookplates Collection [click for collection description]
[Perez Morton Bookplate]
[1784]; sheet: (9.8 x 7.4 cm). cut: (9 x 6.4 cm).
Brigham plate 53. Link to Brigham.Engraved bookplate with a decorative border with clusters of flowers and flower stems surrounding a shield and crest. At the helm is a lion’s paw, facing left, with claws extended. Central in the shield is a shaded lion standing on its feet in a space filled with dots. Ribbon scroll motto beneath reads “Deo Tum Patrae.” Text above reads “[No ] and beneath “Perez Morton” in engraved script.
Paul Revere
From Bookplates Collection [click for collection description]
[Paul Revere Bookplate]
[no date]; sheet: (10.3 x 7 cm). plate: (9.5 x 6.7 cm).
Brigham plate 53. Link to Brigham.Engraved bookplate which features a crest being held by a lion. The crest consists of three stripes divided diagonally by a panel with three fleur-de-lis. At the helm is a dove with its wingspan extended. Ribbon scroll beneath reads “Pugna Pro Patria.” The lion has a full mane, partially open mouth and is standing, its tail to the right; his eyes are averted right.
Isaiah Thomas
From Bookplates Collection – Reserve [click for collection description]
[Isaiah Thomas; State II]
[ca. 1798]; sheet: (10.9 x 8.5 cm). plate: (8.8 x 7.7 cm).
Brigham plate 53. Link to Brigham.Engraved bookplate which features a crest in a Chippendale-style border with elaborate mantling. At the helm is a hind facing left; central is a cross with four crescents. Beneath is a ribbon scroll reading “Nec Elatus Nec Dejectus” and beneath that “Isaiah Thomas” in engraved script. Text at top reads “No [ ]” This is the second bookplate commissioned for Thomas by Revere. Note: AAS has other examples of the Thomas Bookplate contained within various volumes of the AAS Collection.
William Wetmore
From Bookplates Collection – Reserve [click for collection description]
[William Wetmore Bookplate]
[no date]; sheet: (10.8 x 8.1 cm). plate: (10.5 x 7 cm).
Brigham plate 53. Link to Brigham.Engraved bookplate featuring clusters of flowers and plant stems surrounding a shield and crest. At the top of the crest are three doves or birds facing left. At the helm is a bird with its wingspan extended. Ribbon scroll beneath reads “Tentada Via Est” and beneath that, in engraved text, “William Wetmore.” Plate is signed in lower right, beneath name “Revere.” Note: plate is blue.
John Butler
From Reserve Collection [Reserve 1764 – click for record]
[John Butler Bookplate]
[no date]; sheet: (9.5 x 8 cm). plate: (trimmed: 9.5 x 6.9 cm).
Not in Brigham. No Link to Brigham.Bookplate found on the interior of Thomas Hutchinson’s The History of the Province of Massachusetts-Bay. Engraved bookplate hand-colored with watercolor features Chippendale style mantling border and flowers surrounding a shield with a blank ribbon-scroll beneath. Engraved at the bottom in script is “John Butler” Plate is signed under ribbon-scroll “P Revere Scr.” and at the top “No” and “[blank]” reserved for the number. At the helm of the shield is an urn or covered up, colored yellow. Inside the shield is a three-bar diagonal line or bend with dots and six additional covered cups (or urns), also descending diagonally. Interior of the shield is hand-painted blue.
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