Muenchen, Germany: Franz Hanfstaengl, 1918. 4to. decorated paper-covered boards. unpaginated. Text in German. Numbered edition. A set of ten large format ex libris designs by Sepp Frank. Introductory comments by Hans Ludwig Held, list of engravings. Included are designs for Bernhard Borst, Dr. Fahrenhorst, Olga de Greiff, Edith Kohn, Dr. Kuchenbecker, Dr. Osk. Frh. Lochner v. Hüttenbach, Eugen Meyer, Gustav Meyrink, Richard F. Ullner, and Willy Zweiffel. Covers lightly worn at edges and along spine.....
3.25" x 4.75" small 12mo bookplate. Isaiah Thomas altered to "Isaac Rand Thomas" as indicated on the plate itself. Faint notation below 'TUS" in NEC-ELATUS reads, "S.L.S after P.R." Printed on early watermarked laid paper. Exceptional eye appeal and workmanship. The printer was Sidney Lawton Smith (1845-1929). Smith was an American designer, etcher, engraver, illustrator, and bookplate artist. This bookplate for Isaiah Thomas was first engraved by Paul Revere and subsequently name altered by Sidney.....
