[ILLUSTRATION]
University of Virginia, 1819
Dorothy Dean Balz
[Description: 677EAF. Paste-Down Endpaper with Bookplates(2): 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; 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.]
