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| Originator | Day, Robert |
| Designer | Vinycomb, John |
| Style | Book plate |
| Bookplate Type | Armorial |
| Bookplate Function | Ownership |
| Institutional or Personal | Personal |
| Date | 1880 |
| Dimensions | 92x133 mm |
| Orientation | Portrait |
| Coverage-Spatial | Cork (Ireland) |
| Bookplate Text | Ex Libris ROBERTI DAY FSA MRIA | Aldermani Civitatis CORCAG mdccclxxx / [on ribbon:] Sic itur ad astra / [artist's name:] J. VINYCOMB Del. |
| Description | On a carved pointed oval frame, a coat of arms. Escutcheon: per chevron or and azure, three mullets countercharged, over all, a crescent countercharged for difference. Crest: two hands conjoined proper fixed to a pair of wings, the dexter wings or charged with a mullet azure, sinister wings azure charged with crescent or. Motto: Sic itur ad astra (Thus you shall go to the stars) |
| Reference | Burke, Bernard. The General armory ... (London, 1884), p. 270. |
| 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 | exlibris0455.jp2 |
| Repository/Holding Library | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Rare Book and Manuscript Library |
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