Main entry:

Allen, Charles Dexter, 1865-1926.

Title & Author:

American book-plates : a guide to their study / by Charles Dexter Allen ; with a bibliography by E.N. Hewins.

Publication:

New York : Hacker Art Books, 1968.

Description:

xiv, 437 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Notes:
Reprint of 1895 ed.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 389-420) and index.
Name-labels and mottoes -- Armorial book-plates -- Pictorial and allegorical book-plates and plates of colleges, libraries and societies -- Book-plates of special interest -- Early American book-plate engravers with lists of their work -- An alphabetical list of early American book-plates -- A chronological list of the dated plates -- An alphabetical list of the signed plates, showing the exact manner of signing -- A list of mottoes found upon the early plates, with translations -- A few recent examples -- American collectors and collections -- Ex-libris societies -- Bibliography (American [by E.N. Hewins]; English [by H.W. Fincham and J.R. Brown; reprinted from the Journal of the Ex-libris society]; French [by W. Hamilton; reprinted from his "Handbook of French book-plates"]).

Subject:

Bookplates, American Bibliography.
Bookplates, American History.
Ex-libris américains Bibliographie.
Ex-libris américains Histoire.
Bookplates, American
Bookplates Bibliography

Form/genre:

Bibliography
bibliographies.
Bibliographies
History

Added entries:

Hewins, Eben Newell.

American book-plates (ex-libris)

Holdings:

Location: Library study room 91008
Call No.: PO7370 Z994.A5 REF; ID:85-B1330
Status: Available