Book-plate, printed. Coat of Arms of John (Black Jack) Fitzgibbon, Earl of Clare. Black on white. Shield: above three circles azure on a field or, below saltire gules on field ermine. Crest a boar passant left, three circles on its body on a ground. Motto "Nil Admirari" (to be astonished at nothing) on scroll below. "John Fitzgibbon" in script print below. Horizontal lines around shield with wavy edge border. Watermark part of a larger design; wavy circle and lines radiant from centre to left.