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 69
ct coincidence of the two sidesof the design. The shield, always of regular out-line, is usually placed upon an ornamental framewhose background, or lining, is either filled in 42 American Book-plates. with a fish-scale pattern, diapered into the lozengeform or built up solidly with a wall of… … TBEmmEiI^KILJ^SE£S K elaborate patterns: sometimes, too, the design issurrounded by a carved moulding which makesa heavy frame of rectangular form and massiveappearance. This style of plate, well-handled, isexceedingly handsome, and is capable of morerepose and dignity than any other. Very…
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