- ex librīs (Latin for 'from the
books (or library)'), also
known as a
bookplate (or book-plate, as it was
commonly styled until the
early 20th century)...
-
erotica collector Henry Spencer Ashbee commissioned Avril to
design a
bookplate for him.
Avril worked with
Octave Uzanne, who after,
leaving the Société...
- 1989).
Bookplate with the arms of the 2nd Duke of
Beaufort Bookplate with the arms of
Elizabeth Somerset, wife of the 5th Duke of
Beaufort Bookplate with...
- (1845–1929) was an
American designer, etcher, engraver, illustrator, and
bookplate artist.
Smith was born in Foxborough, M****achusetts to
Lawton and Lucy...
- 1895) was an
English poet, numismatist,
botanist and an
authority on
bookplates. He was
eldest son of
George Fleming Leicester (afterwards Warren),[1]...
- for the
purchase of
books "of
which I
might or
might not approve." The
bookplate bears a
calendar for
February with
Friday the 13th and
Sunday the 29th...
-
Walter Montieth Aikman (1857–1939) was an engraver, etcher,
bookplate designer, and
visual artist. He was born in New York City, USA, and was
buried in...
-
Bodleian there is the
first example of an
English bookplate David Pearson has
suggested that the
bookplate –
painted on
paper rather than
printed – may have...
-
Centre in Ontario,
designed a
special bookplate that
would be
included in all of Weaver's books. The
bookplate featured an
etching of a
photograph of...
- the
introduction of the
printing press,
these curses instead became "
bookplates [which]
enabled users to
declare ownership through a
combination of visual...
