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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 25

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eraldic indications of amans name, rank, andpedigree were more easilyinterpreted by the mass ofthe people than if they hadbeen written. Nowadaysthe reverse holds; any-body can read, while veryfew- can interpret the signifi-cance of blazoned arms.At this place it would beinteresting to look… … ^^%:.,.,^ ^Sni: GLQ]fe^^ER|!^^ —a gift-plate, as it is called—is known to havebeen inserted in books given by HildebrandBrandenburg, of Biberach, to the monastery ofBuxheim. But such an historical sur\ey wouldbe covering ground already exhausted. The lateLord de Tabley, published his admirable…

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