⚠The image contains minor speckling and the central library seal is somewhat faded.

SA 3835.6 This is a library call number, used to categorize and locate the book within the Harvard University library system.

Harvard College Library

FROM THE FUND OF

FREDERICK ATHEARN LANE

OF NEW YORK

(Class of 1849)

original: "VE RI TAS"

Truth

This is the translation of the Latin motto "Veritas" found on the three shields of the Harvard University seal. The seal serves as a mark of authenticity and institutional identity.

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This page is a bookplate—a printed label typically pasted onto the inside cover or a front flyleaf of a book to indicate ownership. In this case, it records that the manuscript was purchased using the Frederick Athearn Lane fund. Lane was a donor and an alumnus of the Harvard Class of 1849. Such labels are vital for "provenance," the history of who has owned the book over the centuries.