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 · 6 pictures

Catalogue of the British and American bookplates Sir Augustus Wollaston Franks left to the British Museum, compiled by E. R. J. Gambier Howe and published by the Trustees in London, 1903, for librarians and collectors. Plates reproduce engraved armorial bookplates: helmets, crests, mantling of acanthus scrollwork, quartered shields and ribbon scrolls carrying Latin mottoes and owners' names in engraved script.

Bookplates, English · Bookplates, American · Book collectors

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