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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 26

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BY W. 11. .MARGETSO.N British Book-plates … BY WALTER ESSIE plate, as it is called. The revived fashion forthe use of specially designed labels for booksusually eschews heraldry, and prefers a deco-rative name-plate, except in a few cases, where canting heraldry, as it is called, is able to pic-ture a mans names by hieroglyphics—e.g.,…

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