Monographs on American Book-Plate Designers

Monographs on American book-plate designers, illustrating the works of F. Arthur Jacobson, Edward Edwards, Herbert Gregson, Amy M. Sacker, Elisha Brown Bird, Ralph Fletcher Seymour, D. McNeely Stauffer, Adrian J. Iorio, Frank Chouteau Brown, Hugh & Margaret Eaton, Theodore Brown Hapgood, Margarite Scribner Frost

W. Porter Truesdell, W.G. Bowdoin, F.C. Brown, O.P. Hatton

Boston: Charles E. Goodspeed & The Troutsdale Press [1903]-1907.


[A rare and interesting reference on American Book Plates] Bound in contemporary 3/4 green morocco by Riviere.  Gilt ruled spine compartments.  Top edge gilt.  Marbled end sheets. Numerous facsimile reproductions, many mounted. Many printed on Japanese vellum.  204 plates, 13 portraits on 12 leaves, 24 cm.  Initially printed in 12 brochures, all twelve are collected here.  Illustrating the works of F. Arthur Jacobson, Edward Edwards, Herbert Gregson, Amy M. Sacker, Elisha Brown Bird, Ralph Fletcher Seymour, D. McNeely Stauffer, Adrian J. Iorio, Frank C. Brown, Hugh and Margaret Eaton, Theodore B. Hapgood, and Margarite Scribner Frost.  Only 75 copies printed.  OCLC only shows two copies in library holdings.

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