American Book-Plates: A Guide to Their Study with Examples

Name: American Book-Plates: A Guide to Their Study with Examples
Author: Allen, Charles Dexter

Allen, Charles Dexter

Bookplates -- Bibliography; Bookplates, American

Book-plates:
  metals used, 2.
  used first in Southern colonies, 3.
  literary, 6.
  addresses on, 7, 8.
  profession on, 9, 10.
  essentials, 16.
  dated, 18.
  phrases on, 18.
  armorial, 35.
  purpose of, 35.
  first, 35.
  styles named, 37.
  Early English, described, 37.
  Jacobean, described, 41.
  Chippendale, described, 47.
  Ribbon and Wreath, described, 54.
  Pictorial, 57.
  Allegorical, 57.
  Portrait, 78.
  of special interest, 79.
  reasons for grades of value, 79, 82, 85.
  destruction of early, 80, 81.
  signed, 82.
  dated, 82.
  of presidents of U.S., 85.
  of royal officers, 86.
  of loyalists, 88.
  of titled Americans, 88.
  of early authors, 89.
  of early physicians, 89.
  of early statesmen, 89.
  of early clergymen, 89.
  of early printers, 89.
  of Revolutionary soldiers, 90.
  of signers of the Declaration, 90.
  heraldry on early, 113.

Booth, Edwin, 102.

Boston Public Library, 77.

Bowen, Abel, 67, 122.

Boyd, John, 123.

Brainerd, Miss Helen E., 382.

Brewster, Miss Jessie, 373.

British soldiers take books from Columbia College, 86.

Brooks, Henry M., 351.

Brothers in Unity, 67, 77.

Brown, 7.

Browne, Peter A., 118.

Bryant, Hubbard Winslow, 353.

Buck, John H., 341.

Burnet, John, 84.

Burrows, Charles W., 341.


Cabell, 9.

Callender, Joseph, 56, 123.

Campbell, John, 19.

Canadian plates.:
                         LIST NUMBER.
  Kingston: St. John College, 459
  Livius,                     505
  Stewart,                    826
  Uniacke,                    873
  Waterhouse,                 914

Carmichael, Hon. William, 39, 181.

Castle, Harry Allen, 342.

Chambers, John, 136.

Chandler, Gardiner, 146.
  John, Jr., 53, 108.

Chase, Samuel, 79.

Childs, Cephas G., 127.
  George W., his motto, 32;
    his plate, 98.

Chippendale plates described, 47.

Chippendale plates by Hurd, 105.
  by Dawkins, 131.

Clap, John, 18.

Clark, Clarence H., 371.

Clergymen’s plates, 89.

Cleveland, Stephen, 79, 80.

Clinton, De Witt, illus., 55.

Coffin, Mrs. Julia Dexter, 374.

Cole, J. N. Candee, his motto, 24.

Colesworthy, D. C., his severe motto, 21.

Collectors of book-plates, defence of, 11.

College book-plates, 57, 67.

Columbia College Library, 81.

Congressional Library, 67.

Connecticut Historical Society, 75.

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American Book-Plates: A Guide to Their Study with Examples

Allen, Charles Dexter

Bookplates -- Bibliography; Bookplates, American

Book-plates:
  metals used, 2.
  used first in Southern colonies, 3.
  literary, 6.
  addresses on, 7, 8.
  profession on, 9, 10.
  essentials, 16.
  dated, 18.
  phrases on, 18.
  armorial, 35.
  purpose of, 35.
  first, 35.
  styles named, 37.
  Early English, described, 37.
  Jacobean, described, 41.
  Chippendale, described, 47.
  Ribbon and Wreath, described, 54.
  Pictorial, 57.
  Allegorical, 57.
  Portrait, 78.
  of special interest, 79.
  reasons for grades of value, 79, 82, 85.
  destruction of early, 80, 81.
  signed, 82.
  dated, 82.
  of presidents of U.S., 85.
  of royal officers, 86.
  of loyalists, 88.
  of titled Americans, 88.
  of early authors, 89.
  of early physicians, 89.
  of early statesmen, 89.
  of early clergymen, 89.
  of early printers, 89.
  of Revolutionary soldiers, 90.
  of signers of the Declaration, 90.
  heraldry on early, 113.

Booth, Edwin, 102.

Boston Public Library, 77.

Bowen, Abel, 67, 122.

Boyd, John, 123.

Brainerd, Miss Helen E., 382.

Brewster, Miss Jessie, 373.

British soldiers take books from Columbia College, 86.

Brooks, Henry M., 351.

Brothers in Unity, 67, 77.

Brown, 7.

Browne, Peter A., 118.

Bryant, Hubbard Winslow, 353.

Buck, John H., 341.

Burnet, John, 84.

Burrows, Charles W., 341.


Cabell, 9.

Callender, Joseph, 56, 123.

Campbell, John, 19.

Canadian plates.:
                         LIST NUMBER.
  Kingston: St. John College, 459
  Livius,                     505
  Stewart,                    826
  Uniacke,                    873
  Waterhouse,                 914

Carmichael, Hon. William, 39, 181.

Castle, Harry Allen, 342.

Chambers, John, 136.

Chandler, Gardiner, 146.
  John, Jr., 53, 108.

Chase, Samuel, 79.

Childs, Cephas G., 127.
  George W., his motto, 32;
    his plate, 98.

Chippendale plates described, 47.

Chippendale plates by Hurd, 105.
  by Dawkins, 131.

Clap, John, 18.

Clark, Clarence H., 371.

Clergymen’s plates, 89.

Cleveland, Stephen, 79, 80.

Clinton, De Witt, illus., 55.

Coffin, Mrs. Julia Dexter, 374.

Cole, J. N. Candee, his motto, 24.

Colesworthy, D. C., his severe motto, 21.

Collectors of book-plates, defence of, 11.

College book-plates, 57, 67.

Columbia College Library, 81.

Congressional Library, 67.

Connecticut Historical Society, 75.

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American Book-Plates: A Guide to Their Study with Examples

American Book-Plates: A Guide to Their Study with Examples

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