My first reaction was, isn't that nice, "his" and "her" bookplates. Hers even came with her own name, Nora Worthington Richardson, and not "Mrs H B Richardson" as one might expect for the early 1900s. The lower right hand corner has 1917, possibly the year they were printed or maybe the order/re-order number for the printer.
I found something odd on each, just above her name is "HBR," his initials. Above his name is "Jr." and he wasn't a "Jr."
In the back of the scene on each is a "crest" with a Latin inscription.
Thanks to Googletranslate, I know what they say.
Hers: "Virtute dignus avorm" = "ancestral power worthy"
His: "virtute acquirtur honos" = "virtues honor"
I agree, Martha Elnora Worthington Richardson is ancestral power worthy!
©2013 Erica Dakin Voolich
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What a wonderful find!
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ReplyDeleteThanks Erica, your post made me smilt.
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