American Book-Plates: A Guide to Their Study with Examples

by Charles Dexter Allen

[804.] Smith. William Smith.

Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, Tutus si fortis. Signed, Maverick Sculpt. Of New York.

[805.] Smith. William Smith A.M.

Armorial. Jacobean. Motto, Nil utile quod non honestum. Of New York. Rather wild in appearance.

[806.] Smith. William Smith LL.D. Charleston S. Carolina.

Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, Fidem servabo genusque. Statesman and lawyer. Born, 1784; died, 1840.

[807.] Smith. William Loughton Smith.

Diplomatist. Statesman of Charleston, S.C. Born, 1758; died, 1812.

[808.] Smith. William P. Smith A.M.

Armorial. Jacobean. Motto, Deus nobis haec otia fecit. Signed, Thomas Johnston Sculp. The most ambitious Jacobean plate of our early period. Probably the plate of William Peartree Smith of New York. Illustrated in “Art Amateur,” May, 1894.