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| Originator | Beames, John, 1837-1902 |
| Style | Book plate |
| Bookplate Type | Armorial |
| Bookplate Function | Ownership |
| Institutional or Personal | Personal |
| Dimensions | 62x94 mm |
| Orientation | Portrait |
| Bookplate Text | [motto:] / John Beames / B.C.S. |
| Description | Coat of arms. Escutcheon: quarterly, 1st and 4th, parted per pale, gules (red) and azure (blue), 6 garbs or (gold) over all, three mullets (stars) sable (black) on a chief argent (silver); 2nd and 3rd, parted per chevron, vert (green) and argent, charged with three eagles displayed, a sun in splendor in center. Crest: three mullets argent on a tree vert issuing from a stump or palisade, suns' rays or. Motto: Bene vivere bis vivere (To live well is to live twice) |
| Note | B.C.S. = Bengal Civil Service. Beames served in the British administration in India. |
| Rights | Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; For more information, please contact the Rare Book and Manuscript Library: https://illinois.edu/fb/sec/7016277 |
| Collection | John Starr Stewart Ex Libris Collection
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| Local Identifier | exlibris1199.jp2 |
| Repository/Holding Library | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Rare Book and Manuscript Library |
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