Bookplate, James Branch Cabell
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Title: Bookplate, James Branch Cabell
Source: Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, VCU Libraries.
Description: Cabell's bookplate. The rearing stallion was Cabell's family symbol. The word "Impavide" means "fearless."
A silver stallion appears on the shield of one of Cabell's fictional characters, Manuel, with the motto "Mundus vult decipi" ("The world wants to be deceived").
For additional information, see Bolton's American Armory by Charles Knowles Bolton.
A silver stallion appears on the shield of one of Cabell's fictional characters, Manuel, with the motto "Mundus vult decipi" ("The world wants to be deceived").
For additional information, see Bolton's American Armory by Charles Knowles Bolton.
Collection: James Branch Cabell
Citation: “Bookplate, James Branch Cabell,” VCU Libraries Gallery, accessed December 22, 2024, https://gallery.library.vcu.edu/items/show/79775.