CONTENTS
Charles Dexter Allen
PAGE
Preface
v
A List of the Illustrations
xi
Introductory
1
Name-labels and Mottoes
16
Armorial Book-plates
35
Pictorial and Allegorical Book-plates and Plates of Colleges, Libraries, and Societies
57
Book-plates of Special Interest
79
Early American Book-plate Engravers, with Lists of Their Work
104
An Alphabetical List of Early American Book-plates
160
A Chronological List of the Dated Plates
313
An Alphabetical List of the Signed Plates, showing the Exact Manner of Signing
314
A List of Mottoes found upon the Early Plates, with Translations
323
A Few Recent Examples
340
The American Collectors and Collections
377
The Ex Libris Societies
387
Bibliography
(
American
,
English
, and
French
)
389
Conclusion
421
Index
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C
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F
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G
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H
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I
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