Dated book-plates (Ex libris) with a treatise on their origin and development (1895)
Hamilton, Walter, 1844-1899 · London : A. & C. Black · leaf 165
ted. Whilst coming downto the present day we find it becoming thefashion for one owner to have a number ofdifferent plates, each to mark the books onsome special topics, as in the case ofColonel Grant, whose numerous plates were THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. 121 described in the Ex Libns Journal,… … ROBERT DAY, F.S.A., M.R.I A.. CORK. Cork. WliiLst instances occur where theowners, being possessed of skill and fancy,have designed plates for themselves teemingwith imngery and fantasy, as in the case of Jlr. Glceson White, or with humour anddrollery, such as may be found on the almostinnumerable…
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