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Modern book-plates and their designers (1898)

White, Gleeson, 1851-1898, Uzanne, Octave, 1852-1931, Carré, Jean, Singer, Hans Wolfgang, b. 1867, Schölermann, Wilhelm, 1865-1923, Khnopff, Fernand, 1858-1921 · [London : The Studio · leaf 109

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M. Ch. Duniercy, keenestof art amateurs, advocate, and man of letters,■ the book-plate nowadays has fallen from itsformer high estate. So far as I am aware this isan exact statement of how things stand. I knowthree Antwerp bibliophiles who possess ex libris.When I say I know, you must regard this… … engraved on the wood of the pear-tree by myfriend Max Elskamj), who is not content to besimply a great poet. M. Fernand Donnet, Director of the RoyalAcademy of Fine Arts in Antwerp, had a book-plate designed for himself which was touched upand completed by F. Pellens, the engraver, astudent of the…

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