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Title
Davies, J. Clarence
Description
States, " J. Clarence Davies," with the motto "If you neglect me you lose me;" features a landscape with a river, boats, bridges, men, a house or other building, and a horse-drawn carriage; also depicts a birdcage hanging from the upper border. Signed in lower left, "Hollyer."
Date
n.d.
Title
Gladstone, William Ewart
Description
States, "William Ewart Gladstone - Northbourne d:d: 23 July 1839 - 23 July 1889," with the motto, "Fide et virtute;" features a coat of arms, a gryphon holding a sword, falcons, and an owl. Gladstone, a British political reformer and rival of Disraeli, was Prime Minister in England four times. Signed at bottom, "S. Hollyer," with "T.E.H. 1889" in lower left and right. Written underneath, in pencil, "S Hollyer."
Date
1889
Title
Harrison
Description
States, "Harrison;" within an ornamental border of ribbons, branches, and flowers, depicts a landscape with trees and a river. Signed in lower right, "Hollyer," with "H.M. Andrews" in lower left.
Date
n.d.
Title
Benjamin, Walter Romeyn
Description
States, "Ex Libris Walter Romeyn Benjamin 1897" with motto "Poussez en avant;" features a portrait of Walter Romeyn Benjamin, a publisher and dealer in historical documents, sitting at a desk with a pen in his right hand. Signed at bottom right "S.Hollyer."
Date
1897
Title
Hollyer, Samuel
Description
States, "Ex Libris S. Hollyer Guttenburg. NJ. US." with motto "A jolly good Book and a jolly good Dog by my own fireside, and a birght blazing log. Oft' lightens my labor in this busy Life, Not forgetting the smiles of my loving young Wife. -S.H.;" features a library setting with a dog drinking champagne and smoking a pipe, book, and a portrait of a a woman. Signed at bottom "Saml Hollyer del et scul."
Date
1898
Title
Caldwell, James H.
Description
States, "James H. Caldwell" with motto "No Book is worth anything that is not work much. Ruskin;" depicts a man reading a book while standing on a ladder in a library setting. Signed "1895 S. Hollyer, Spitzwig. Del."
Date
1895
Title
Dubbs, Henry Alfred
Description
States, "Henry Alfred Dubbs" and "Ex recto ducus. Stpria. 1446â ¦Belvetia. 1531â ¦America. 1735;" features a shield with a flag, a fleur-de-lis, and a crown with feathers. The shield is surround by a belt and in front of an oak tree. A mountain with a cross on it and a Native American woman are also featured. Signed at bottom "D. McNStauffer" and "S.Hollyer 1906."
Date
1906
Title
Hollyer, Samuel
Description
States, "S Hollyer His Booke;" depicts a library setting with a man at a desk reading a book while burning a hole through his chapeau. In the bottom right corner is a book titled "Hogarth." Signed at bottom right "S.Hollyer Eng."
Date
1896
Title
Milwaukee Public Library
Description
States, "Ex Libris Presented to the Milwaukee Public Library in Memory of William H. Metcalf, by Caroline Tileston Metcalf, 1897" with motto "Conquiesco;" features a shield with a cows passant, a hand, a helmet, and a dog with a shield. Signed in center "SH."
Date
1897
Title
Pruyn, Mrs. John V.L.
Description
States, "Mrs. John V.L. Pruyn" with motto "I pray the Master, as thou lovest me and lovest too they bokes, see to itt thou loon them onlie to trustie and well beloved friends (God send thee such);" depicts distant view a street corner with a tree and people walking. Signed at bottom "1907 Hollyer."
Date
1907
Title
Pruyn, Mrs. John V.L.
Description
States, "Mrs. John V.L. Pruyn;" depicts the "Old Dutch Church 1656" and the "Old St. Peters Church 1715" next to eachother with a castle in the distance. Also features a shield with three birds and wings. Signed at bottom "1907 Hollyer."
Date
1907
Title
Wheeler, E.J.
Description
States, "EJ Wheeler His Booke;" depicts a man reading an open book next to a fireplace with the monogram "E.J.W" in a library setting. Signed in pencil at bottom "S. Hollyer."
Date
n.d.
Title
Sage Library
Description
States, "Sage Library, West Bay City, Michigan, Founded 1884" above the text a portrait of a bearded man is depicted. Signed S. Hollyer, 1899.
Date
1899
Title
Hollyer, Madeline Charlotte
Description
States, "Ex Libris Madeline Charlotte Hollyer. 1878. Come and take a choice of all my library & sobeguile thy sorrow;" depicts a woman with a book and a guitar seating in a chaise lounge in a library setting. Signed at bottom right "S. Hollyer" and at bottom left "Mrs. Hollyer."
Date
1899
Title
Jackson, Robert
Description
States, "Robert Jacskon;" depicts a man seated in a chair reviewing an illustration of a reclining figure. Signed "S.Hollyer."
Date
n.d.
Title
Scarth, Leveson
Description
States, "Keverstone Library Leveson Scarth" with mottos "No book is worth anything that is not worth much (Ruskin)" and "Sibi et Amicis;" depicts an elderly man reading an open book at a desk in a library setting with an open window. Signed at bottom "S. Hollyer. Aqua fortis. Warrington. Hogg. 1892" and in pencil "S. Hollyer."
Date
1892
Description
States, "Ex Libris Walter Romeyn Benjamin 1897" with motto "Poussez en avant;" features a portrait of Walter Romeyn Benjamin, a publisher and dealer in historical documents, sitting at a desk with a pen in his right hand. Signed at bottom right "S.Hollyer."
Date
1897
Description
States, "Ex Libris S. Hollyer Guttenburg. NJ. US." with motto "A jolly good Book and a jolly good Dog by my own fireside, and a birght blazing log. Oft' lightens my labor in this busy Life, Not forgetting the smiles of my loving young Wife. -S.H.;" features a library setting with a dog drinking champagne and smoking a pipe, book, and a portrait of a a woman. Signed at bottom "Saml Hollyer del et scul."
Date
1898
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