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Franks bequest : Catalogue of British and American book plates bequeathed to the trustees of the British Museum by Sir Augustus Wollaston Franks by E.R.J. Gambier Howe
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks Dc .523
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- British Museum. Department of Prints and Drawings.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bookplates.
- Bookplates, American.
- Book collectors.
- Physical Description:
- 3 v. : ill. ; 24.9 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- [London] : Printed by Order of the Trustees, Sold at the British Museum, 1903-04.
- Contents:
- v. 1. A-G
- v. 2. H-R
- v. 3. S-Z
- Unidentified plates
- Royal plates
- Universities
- Colleges and schools
- Premiums
- Ecclesiastical libraries
- Parochial libraries
- Public libraries
- Societies and institutions
- Clum libraries
- Naval military
- Legal
- Medical
- City companies
- Public offices and miscellaneous
- Booksellers and circulating libraries
- Frames
- Additional plates
- Heraldic index to the anonymous plates.
- Notes:
- 35,098 plates described (name, date, engraver, style).
- Preface by Sidney Colvin.
- The Mabel E. Thurston Book Plate Collection.
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