[ILLUSTRATION]
University of Virginia, 1819
JOHN S. PIERSON
[Description: 564EAF. Paste-Down Endpaper with Bookplates (2): 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; generic
University of Virginia library bookplate for gift texts. The bookplate
includes the official University seal, drawn by order of the Board of
Visitors in 1819, shows Minerva, the Roman goddess of wisdom, holding an
olive branch and cornucopia, emblems of "peace, plenty, and wisdom." The
bookplate has an off-white background with the seal printed in dark blue
ink.]