Dated book-plates (Ex libris) with a treatise on their origin and development (1895)
Hamilton, Walter, 1844-1899 · London : A. & C. Black · leaf 71
freedom. It gave us flowersas they grow, for festoons of stony leaves,and embossed blossoms which never couldhave grown. The fault of the Chippendalestyle was this, that, graceful as it was, it hadnot enough backbone, and in weak handssoon degenerated into mere prettiness. In plates belonging to… … STYLES OF ENGLISH BOOK-PLATES. 49 A llegorical Book-plates. —Degm- tibus non (st disputanduin ma} not be a ver)novel adage, but it is certainly a very trueone as relating to the designs of book-plates,and to write impartially on all is difficult toone who has a strong preference for anyparticular…
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