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CFA Voysey Bookplate

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Rare CFA Voysey designed antique bookplate
for Stanley Austin c1928.

Stanley Austins bookplate draws on Voysey's knowledge of armorial style bookplates and heraldry.

The Paschal Lamb is a Christian symbol, and the ecclesiastical figure in the centre is Saint Peter,

who is shown holding the keys to the kingdom of heaven.

The bookplate contained within the novel

WINTERSMOON

by

Hugh Walpole

Inscribed inside:

For Stanley Austin

From his friend

Hugh Walpole

March 13th 1928.

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