Item 46: Bookplate, Ex Libris William Edgar Fisher, 1914 October

Item — Box: 20, Folder: 46

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Bookplate, William Edgar Fisher, 1914 October

Dates

Created: 1914 October

Creator

Fisher, William Edgar, 1872-1956 (Person)

Disclaimer for Name and Subject Authorities

Some of the name and subject authority tags have been assigned by educated guessing and estimation of persons and subjects by region, age, profession, and familial relationships. They have been thoroughly researched by using primary and secondary sources available digitally, and named in each description, or in some cases linked directly to the person tag.

Access:

All series and subseries within this collection are open for research, with the exception of a few files within the Academia series that are restricted. The Academia series contains financial and sensitive institutional records from Wilkes College, and financial report records from Princeton University that will remain restricted for 80 years upon creation.

Extent

1 items

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Type of Material:

Bookplate

Condition Note:

Good, no issues

Measurements:

2 ⅝ in. x 3 ½ in.

Title:

Ex Libris William Edgar Fisher

Description:

A bookplate for William Edgar Fisher. The bookplate features a church podium with a cross and boughs of flowers. On top of the podium there are two kids around a book looking at a castle in the distance. There is text at the bottom that says Ipse Fecit which translates to “He did it himself.” Bookplate creator William Edgar Fisher was born in Wellsville, N.Y. on October 24, 1872. He attended Phillips, Andover Academy, and Cornell University. He was a well known artist, advertiser, and bookplate designer and was a former president of the American Book Plate Society. He became an art editor of Judge magazine during the early 1920s. Additionally, Fisher was a member of the Sons of the American Revolution and the Society of Colonial Wars. He was also a member of the Players of New York City. He died at the age of 84 in 1956. To see other bookplates created by William Edgar Fisher, please visit Yale University’s archive and finding aids here.