Order Nr. 141922 THE RISE OF THE BOOK-PLATE. W. G Bowdoin.

THE RISE OF THE BOOK-PLATE.

(Bookplates).

Illustrated by Reproductions in Miniature and Otherwise.

  • New York: A. Wessels Co., 1901.
  • square 4to.
  • later green morocco over marbled paper-covered boards, five raised bands, top edge gilt, marbled endsheets
  • 207 pages.

Price: $75.00  other currencies

Order Nr. 141922

First edition (Fuller p.33). With the private bookplate of A.R. Livingston on the front pastedown. Heavy rubbing to extremities, rear hinge cracked. Spine faded. Else a very nice copy. With an introduction and chapter on the study and arrangement of bookplates by Henry Blackwell, a bibliography of the subject and many illustrations.