Augustus Pugin

Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin (1812–1852) was a Victorian architect specialising in the neo-Gothic revival. He lived at Ramsgate.

His 'seal' bookplate, found in the following volume, is typical of his gothic design work.

The Bookplate Society

Shelfmark W2/Q-18-20

Sieur de Beaulieu, pseud. Vie de St Thomas Archevesque de Cantorbery et martyr. Tirée des quatre auteurs contemporains ... des historiens d'Angleterre ... lettres du Saint, ... & ... grands personnages du ... temps; ....
Paris: 1674.

Armorial bookplate on front pastedown, with motto 'En avant': Augustus de Pugin.

Inscription on front free endpaper: Presented by the Rev. [name crossed out: L.B. Stretton??; in a different hand:] H. W. Watkins. Warden of St. Augustine's Oct. 1878.