Bookplate of David Garrick with bust of Shakespeare.

The Bookplate of David Garrick (1717 -79).

with the bust of Shakespeare.

The Bookplate for David Garrick , engraved by I Wood around 1755. 

Above is a bust of Shakespeare and below the inscription “La premiere chose qu’on doit faire quand on a emprunte un Livre, c’est de la lire afin de pouvoir le rendre plutot. Menagiana. Vol. IV.” 

“The first thing one must do when one borrows a book is to read it in order to be able to give it back. Menagiana. Vol. 4.”