The curio : an illustrated monthly magazine (1887)
[New York : R.W. Wright] · leaf 43
itle pai^es. In the earlier examples col-lected by us we find that these engravin<^scither bear simply the owners name, or are ofan Heraldic character. It was not before thelatter part of the XVIII. century that what isknown as the allegorical book-plate came intomore general use. In our time,… … BiX>k.fl,,U of thi Sociitv for Propj^-aling i/u- Gospclin FmiigiiJiirls. Ribbon and Wreath (i790-1820), etc.; and hehas followed in the classification of these smallprints a regular system, borrowed from thestandard European works on the matter. These Heraldic marks of ownership, whileoften used…
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