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[Bookplate of Joseph Manuel and Mary Shipman Andreini (red and black ink)]

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Creator(s)	Smith, Sidney Lawton, 1845-1929, artist.
Contributor(s)	Andreini, Joseph Manuel, patron. Andreini, Mary Shipman, patron.
Title	[Bookplate of Joseph Manuel and Mary Shipman Andreini (red and black ink)]
Collection Title	Sidney Lawton Smith bookplate scrapbook, 1890-1925.
Variant title(s)	Incipit p[ro]logus in libru[m] de amore libro[rum] qui dicitur Philobiblon, de Bury, Durham, Joseph Manuel, Mary Shipman Andreini Motto: Incipit p[ro]logus in libru[m] de amore libro[rum] qui dicitur Philobiblon Joseph Manuel, Mary Shipman Andreini
Link to library catalog	http://catalog.bostonathenaeum.org/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=501719
Date	[1913]
Publisher	[Boston : S.L. Smith]
Physical description	1 print on paper : etching, red and black ink ; image 105 x 78 mm.
Summary	Central image shows Durham Cathedral on the River Wear; panel below image contains motto, cherubs, and names; surrounding border with multiple figures in a variety of poses; an enwreathed heraldic cardinals hat is at the head of the plate and a two handled urn is at the foot.
Collection summary	A collection of 105 bookplates designed and/or engraved by Sidney Lawton Smith, likely compiled in this album by his daughter, Amy Gertrude Smith. Most of the bookplates are untrimmed with plate marks intact or adhered to large sheets of paper. Many are signed by S.L. Smith and/or stamped in red with his monogram (SLS underscored within an oval). Some appear in varying states or in variant ink colors. Several are proofs, as is evident by their untrimmed state and manuscript annotations "to be returned to Sidney L. Smith, 22 Cumberland St., Boston, Mass." Additionally, a few bear an inscription from S.L. Smith to Amy G. Smith.
Notes	Title devised by cataloger. Text on bookplate reads: Incipit p[ro]logus in libru[m] de amore libro[rum] qui dicitur Philobiblon, de Bury, Durham, Joseph Manuel, Mary Shipman Andreini. Initials of artist and date at lower left of plate. Athenaeum copy on cream wove paper (23 x 17 cm) with plate mark intact.
Collection notes	Bookplates are arranged in roughly chronological order. Table of contents in manuscript (in the hand of Amy G. Smith?).
Subject(s)	Andreini, Joseph Manuel--In bookplates. Andreini, Mary Shipman--In bookplates. Bury, Richard de, 1287-1345. Philobiblon--In bookplates. Durham Cathedral--In bookplates--Pictorial works. Cathedrals--England--Durham--In bookplates--Pictorial works.
Genre terms	Bookplates--United States--1910-1920. Etchings--United States--1910-1920.
Provenance	Smith, Amy Gertrude, donor
Location/Call number	Mss. (Appointment required) .L761 Laid-in at leaf 71.
Reference	Goodspeed, C.E. Sidney Lawton Smith, 12
Source	SLS Album_133.2.jpg
Rights	Collection of the Boston Athenaeum. May not be reproduced or quoted without written permission. For more information, see http://www.bostonathenaeum.org/node/46