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Hamilton, Walter, Dated Bookplates: 1516 to 1895, London, A. & C. Black, 1895, first edition, thick 4to (10.25" x 8"), HB, red cloth blind-embossed boards w/ gilt decorative titles, G+ / none. Ex-library; edges worn; corners exposed; stamp to edges of text block, pastedowns, ffep, title pg; scar from removal of card pocket on ffep; notation to table of contents; spine extremities chipped & fraying; spine faded; some finger soiling.
249 pp. "With about 100 illustrations." Frontispiece tipped in. Index.
Contents:
- Introductory
- How to collect, preserve, identify, and arrange Book-plates
- Apology for Collecting
- Notes on Armorial Bearings and Tinctures in Heraldry
- German Ex-Libris
- French Ex Libris
- History, and Notes on French Heraldry
- Styles of English Book Plates
- Early English or Early Armorial
- Jacobean
- Chippendale
- Allegorical
- Wreath and Ribbon; Festoon
- Urn. Landscape
- Seal Bookplates
- Rebus, Canting Arms, and Mock Heraldry
- Portrait Bookplates
- Book-pile, Library Interior, and Literary Book-plates
- American Book-plates
- Hints on Selecting a Book-plate
- Early Mention of Book-plates
- Arbitrary Dates, and Doubtful Plates
- Dated Book-plates of the Eighteenth Century
- Engravers
- Inscriptions
- Styles
- The Beaded Frame Design
- French Ex Libris of the Eighteenth Century
- A Few Notes on American Book-plates of the Eighteenth Century
- American Engravers of the Eighteenth Century
- Book-plates of the Nineteenth Century
- Modern Designers and Engravers
- Plates of Celebrities
- Series of Book-plates
- To all whom it may concern
- German and Swedish Book-plates of the Nineteenth Century
- Conclusion
Extensive tables of dated book-plates and index thereto. [Book ID # 1804]
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