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

by Charles Dexter Allen

[956.] Worcester. The Property of the Worcester Circulating Library Company.

First Cost.... Fine for detention —— per day. Enclosed in a woodcut border; a coin showing a monarch with the wreath of victory on his head, above. Very likely to have been printed by Isaiah Thomas.

[957.] Wormeley. Ralph Wormeley of Rosegill.

Armorial. No crest. Chippendale. Motto, Nunc mihi nunc alii. Books used in the ornamentation. Of Virginia.

[958.] Wormeley. Ralph Wormeley of Rosegill.

Armorial. Same arms as above. Chippendale. Motto-ribbon empty. No crest. Not the same plate as the preceding.

[959.] Wright. James Wright Esqr.

Armorial. Chippendale. No motto. Last Royal Governor of Georgia.

[960.] Wynkoop. Augustus Wynkoop.

Armorial. Supporters, bacchantes with bottles in hands and wine-cups held aloft, with scant covering to their bodies. On the shield, beside a cask, an old man holds a glass before a young boy, evidently in warning; a grape-vine grows near by. An eagle for crest spreads his wings over the mantling. The supporters stand upon the name-frame. Of New York.