American book-plates, a guide to their study with examples ... With a bibliography by Eben Hewins ... Illustrated with many reproductions of rare and interesting book-plates and in the finer editions with many prints from the original coppers both old and recent (1905)
Allen, Charles Dexter, 1865-1926, Norwood Press. (1905) bkp CU-BANC, Hewins, Eben Newell · New York, The Macmillan Company · leaf 40
e, — it proclaims theownership of the book in which it is seen; notin delicate language, to be sure, not with any invi-tation to dip into the volume in hand, not withany evidence of the owners taste in reading, butwith a directness not to be misunderstood. The essential part of the book-plate is… … ^t A * I James firjrgjfiiitrztir. of A\h* CAU< Name-labels and Mottoes. 17 ling of books, with a warning of tlie sad resultof declining Wisdoms guidance, or with an invi-tation to enjoy the beauties of literature and toshare the benefits of careful reading. In additionto these mere typographical…
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