British Bookplates: A Pictorial History
(Folio. 160 pp, introduction, British Bookplates; Bookplat...)
Folio. 160 pp, introduction, British Bookplates; Bookplate Collecting: I. Book Plates; II. Book Labels; select bibliography, acknowledgments, index with b&w plates throughout. First Edition, 1979. Brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine. "The author traces the 500-year history of the bookplate, from its rather undistinguished and derivative beginnings in Britain, through the periods of its greate4st popularity and flowering, to its diverse forms today, and offers practical hints to the would-be collectoror, expanding and organising a collection, detailed deescriptions to help the experienced collector; and much fascinating information for the general reader. Over 250 b&w illustrations demonstrate the range of ex libris design." from the jacket flap.
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