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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 82

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c ark wherein reposed the germs of allour destinies ; while M. Paul Cordier, the well-known scholar, assumed as his mark the figureof a ropemaker laboriously plaiting his hemp.Elsewhere we find more or less ambitious play-ing upon words. M. De Laborderie, a cele-brated Breton aavant, had for his… … ■HElJRY-ANDKt irgv UtL S bookplates of this kind, illustrating a some-times rather cheap form of punning humour.Many book-lovers there are who disapprove theharmless vignette altogether, holding that the mark of ownership in a book should Le ofabsolute simplicity, and should consist solely ofthe…

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