Dated book-plates (Ex libris) with a treatise on their origin and development (1895)
Hamilton, Walter, 1844-1899 · London : A. & C. Black · leaf 163
n,each is dated,printed in typeon paper, witha small orna-mental scrollborder aroundthe type. These labelsare fixed onthe outsideleather of thebinding, cover-ed with a pieceof transparenthorn, which isheld in its placeby small stripsof brass rivetedon to the lea-ther. Such amode of fastening on a… … \. 1636 Evers Ar-myne. 1637 John Bladen.i66g Robert Ra- worth. This last gen-tleman present-ed 100 volumesto the Libraryof Grays Inn,and this labelwas placed oneach of them. Thus the ear-liest dated labelfound was 1634,but as the li-brary of GraysInn was in ex-istence as earlyas 1555 perhapssome…
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