Item 63: Bookplate, From the George Herbert Collection of Cameron Mann, 1907
Item — Box: 20, Folder: 63
Dates
- Created: 1907
Creator
- Fisher, William Edgar, 1872-1956 (Person)
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Extent
1 items
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Type of Material:
Bookplate
Condition Note:
Good
Measurements:
3 ⅞ in. x 2 13/16 in.
Title:
From the George Herbert Collection of Cameron Mann
Description:
A bookplate from the George Herbert Collection. There is a picture of a man surrounded by a wreath and books. Above the picture reads 1393-1633. On the sides it reads “Angels and eternal hope, grace and fears.” This bookplate is likely from a book called “A Concordance to the English Poems of George Herbert.” by Cameron Mann. Bookplate collector George Herbet was born on April 3, 1593 in Montgomery, Wales. His parents were Richard Herbert and Magdalen Newport Herbert. He had nine siblings and his family was well-known in the British government. His father died when he was only three, and was mainly taken care of by his mom. He started going to Westminster when he was about 12, eventually living at school. He graduated from Trinity College in Cambridge in 1609 and earned his bachelors. Seven years later, he earned his masters. After this, he became “a major fellow of his college” then a Reader in Rhetoric. In 1620, he became Trinity’s public orator for seven years and won because he was proficient in Greek and Latin. He was a “poet, author, orator, and priest of the Church of England.” His poetry is related to the works of “metaphysical poets”, and is known as “one of the foremost British devotional lyricists.” His family was talented and rich and he spent most of his life in England. He went to a good school which got him into Trinity College, Cambridge in 1609. He went there, aspiring to become a priest, but he became an Orator and caught the eye of King James I. He was in England’s Parliament for one year. After King James died, Herbert once again got into ordination. He abandoned his secular goals when he was in his mid-thirties and worked for the Church of England, receiving holy orders. In 1629, he joined the priesthood and rector at Fugglestone St. Peter near Salisbury. Another church he had to keep track of was St. Andrew at Bemerton, near Salisbury. He called this place his home, being a preacher and poet. He helped reconstruct the Bemerton Church using money out of his own pocket. While he was living in Bemerton, he cleaned up and wrote more poetry. He wrote a piece about being a minister in a rural area called A Priest to the Temple or, the County Parson, his Character and the Rule of Holy Life. He said it was a “mark to aim at.” and it is still well-known in the present. He got married not too long after starting his career, with he and his wife taking care of their three nieces who had no parents. They went to St. Andrew’s Church twice every day, and the cathedral in Salisbury twice a week, where Herbert would join the musicians after the service. He was known for caring greatly for his parishioners, trying to make them feel better when they were sick, and giving food and clothes to people who needed them. Henry Vaughn referred to him as “a most glorious saint and steer.” His health was poor over his life, and he died of tuberculosis on March 1, 1633 in Bemerton, England at age 39. 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.
Creator
- Fisher, William Edgar, 1872-1956 (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Wilkes University Archives Repository
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84 W South St.
Wilkes-Barre PA 18701 US
570-408-2000
570-408-7823 (Fax)
ask.archives@wilkes.edu