The Rise of the Book-Plate.

New York: A. Wessels Company, 1901.

1901 · New York

by Bowdoin, W. G.
New York: A. Wessels Company, 1901. "Being an exemplification of the art, signified by various book-plates, from its earliest to its most recent practice. Illustrated by reproductions in miniature and otherwise. Text by W.G. Bowdoin, with an introduction and chapter on the study and arrangement of book-plates by Henry Blackwell." Engraved bookplate frontispiece with a slip laid in announcing "Printed from the original copper of Mr. E.D. French." Very good condition.. Tall 8vo, 24 cm. 207 pp. b/w plates throughout. (Inventory #: 43786)
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