[ILLUSTRATION]
Nulla Pallescere Culpa
William Byrd of Weßtover
in Virginia Eßqr.
BYRD LIBRARY
Virginia ßtory and Literature
Founded in Memory of
ALFRED H. BYRD. M. A. (1887)
University of Virginia, 1819
[Description: 514EAF. Paste-Down Endpaper with Bookplates (2): The upper
plate is the generic University of Virginia library bookplate for gift
texts. The bookplate includes the unofficial version of the University
seal, which was drawn in 1916, with the donor's name typed in. The seal
depicts the Roman goddess of wisdom, Minerva, in the foreground with the
Rotunda and East Lawn filling the space behind her. On the left side of
the image, an olive branch appears in the upper foreground. The
bookplate has an off-white background with the seal printed in dark blue
ink. The second plate is placed beneath the first and is founded in
memory of Alfred H. Byrd. The bookplate is an ornate seal for the Byrd
family. At the center of the seal is a shield with six sections: Section
one is a medieval cross with a bird in each quadrant; Section two shows
a unicorn standing on its back legs in a fighting stance; Section three
is an iron cross on a dotted background; Section four has three heads of
bulls, one larger in the foreground with two smaller ones above; Section
five contains three crescent moons spread diagonally across a black
banner; Section six replicates the first and is a medieval cross with a
bird in each quadrant. To the left and right of the shield is a
cornucopia horn of plenty. Above the shield is the head of a knight in
armor with a bird perched, wings aloft, on the top of the knight. The
knight's head is flanked by large curling leaves. Underneath the shield
are two banners. The first is a Latin motto. The second is a scroll
with the name of Byrd ancestor, William.]
