Bookplate On Front Pastedown
His bookplate on front pastedown.
Bookplate on front pastedown. The curator of rare books at smith. A latin bookplate dated the sixteenth of the kalends of january 16 december 1888 on the front pastedown is inscribed to henrico a l h. 1480 1500 graphic arts collection princeton university library.
Arms of the brandenbergs ca. Disbound and lacks spine covers worn sunned soiled corners bumped and worn light soiling to bookplate from rubbing against ffep text block cracked loose and detached pages signatures edge tears else contents clean. The bookplate is on the front pastedown of a handsome folio greek new testament printed in paris by robert estienne in 1550.
7 0 x 6 3 cm. Wade by his housemaster e. Sotheby s london 15 july 1998 lot 155.
There is a bookplate on the front pastedown acknowledging a gift simply from m the accession no. Item 99 0859 text illustr 9 x 7 brown pebbled cloth 450 pp. Bookplate of harry houdini on the front pastedown of.
1 in 1696 he published his first book a tale of the tub under the patronage of sir william temple. First edition advance presentation copy inscribed on front flyleaf to ramsey macdonald from winston s. Below it is the bookplate of philip hofer the founder and chief benefactor of the department of printing and graphic arts in the houghton library of harvard university but also a trustee of smith college and donor to its library.
Ramsey macdonald 1866 1937 presentation inscription on flyleaf. The volume is in the mortimer rare book room smith college library northampton massachusetts u s a. Bowen author of harrow s school song forty years on as diligentiae praemium the reward of industry.