Franks bequest. Catalogue of British and American book plates bequeathed to the trustees of the British Museum by Sir Augustus Wollaston Franks

British Museum. Dept. of Prints and Drawings, Franks, Augustus Wollaston, Sir, 1826-1897, Howe, E. R. J. Gambier (Edward Russell James Gambier), Colvin, Sidney, Sir, 1845-1927 · 1903 · [London] : Printed by Order of the Trustees, Sold at the British Museum · 7 pictures

A British Museum Department of Prints and Drawings catalogue of the British and American bookplates left by Sir Augustus Wollaston Franks, compiled by E. R. J. Gambier Howe and printed for the Trustees in London in 1903, for collectors and heraldry scholars. Plates reproduce engraved armorial bookplates: shields, crested helms, acanthus and shell mantling, lion and stag supporters, motto ribbons and blank name banners ready for relettering.

Bookplates, English · Bookplates, American · Book collectors

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