Bookplate collection, ca. 1700-1930, bulk 1800s.

  • Collection ID 1986.0417
  • Title Bookplate collection [graphic].
  • Dates ca. 1700-1930, bulk 1800s.
  • Physical description 393 prints : bookplate ; 24 x 15 cm. (9 x 6 in.) or smaller.
  • Collection arrangement Organization: By folder: 1. Personal names, A-Z; 2. Corporate names, A-Z; 3. Specialty bookplates; 4. Unidentified.
  • Collection summary Primarily personal paper bookplates with engraved designs of family crests, coats-of-arms, escutcheons, or decorations relating to reading and the pursuit of knowledge. Most bookplates are from England or the United States, but a few are from Canada and Europe. Includes some bookplates of notable people, e.g., Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Lillian Gish, John Pierpont Morgan and Jack London. Bookplates bearing corporate names generally represent American clubs, societies, libraries, and religious groups, ca. 1890-1930. Specialty bookplates include a few gilt and leather designs, a series of plates belonging to collectors of Lincolniana, and a few designed by Chicago artist Ralph Fletcher Seymour.
  • Names
    • Gish, Lillian. 1893-1993
    • Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
    • London, Jack, 1876-1916.
    • Morgan, John Pierpont.
    • Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945.
    • Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919.
    • Seymour, Ralph Fletcher, 1876-1966.
  • Subjects
    • Bookplates.
    • Reading. lctgm
  • Genre
    • Quotations.
    • Maxims.
    • Heraldry.
    • Bookplates. gmgpc
    • Emblems. gmgpc
    • Prints. gmgpc