Bookplates
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"Bookplates" by Edward Almack. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
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Almack Edward. Bookplates
Bookplates
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY
CHAPTER II. BOOKPLATES CHRONOLOGICALLY
CHAPTER III. BOOKPLATES CHRONOLOGICALLY
CHAPTER IV. BOOKPLATES CHRONOLOGICALLY
CHAPTER V. BOOKPLATES CHRONOLOGICALLY
CHAPTER VI. BOOKPLATES WITH MANTLING
CHAPTER VII. SOME SPECIMENS INSERTED IN A BOOK KEPT IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM FOR THAT PURPOSE
CHAPTER VIII. CHIPPENDALE AND CRESTPLATES
CHAPTER IX. MODERN BOOKPLATES
CHAPTER X. VARIOUS BRITISH BOOKPLATES
CHAPTER XI. BOOKPLATES IN AMERICA
CHAPTER XII. INSCRIPTIONS IN BOOKS
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
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Edward Almack
Published by Good Press, 2021
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Heraldry, of course, took an early and masterful hold of the French aristocracy, although even in France, in quite early years, it was found necessary to fix fearful fines and penalties for people assuming insignia to which they had no lawful claim.
Up to about 1650, the almost rectangular shield prevailed in French bookplates; but soon after this, oval shields predominate, and not seldom capped by coronets to which the owners had no title. There is often at the base of the shield a solid plinth, usually bearing the chief inscription.
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