Description: ~ VINTAGE BOOK-PLATES ~ (box pictured is for illustration only - NOT SUPPLIED) Bookplates, also refered to as ex-libris [Latin for "from the books of..."], are small decorative labels which indicate the owner of a book. They generally appear inside the font cover and often feature a motto, crest, or motif representing the owner. Their usage can be traced back as far as the 14th century however their modern evolution stems from the use of simple inscriptions found inside books of the European Middle Ages which coincided with the advent of “librarianship”. Their use became gradually more widespread from the 17th to the 19th century whilst initial interest in them as collectibles and objects of study in themselves can be traced to the 1860’s. Many bookplates are now of greater interest than the books in which they are affixed and there are collectors of bookplates and societies dedicated to their study all over the world. Collected together on DVD-Rom for the first time, in digital format we present 77 rare, vintage books concering the art of the book-plate. Published between 1874 and 1930, a period which exemplified excellence in book-plate design and the height of interest in their study & collection, each book, in pdf format, is a 300 dpi scan of the original pages, so you be reading each, exactly as intended. Included, are books concerning the history and collection of ex-libris, studies of book-plates by specific artists and from different nations. Most notably, the collection features 100's of examples of stunning book-plate art. screen shot of the disc menu: Take a look at some samples of the quality illustration to be found within the collection: The complete list of titles on the disc is as follows: A Classified List of Early American Book-Plates With a Brief Description of the Principal Sytles & a Note as the Prominent Engravers - C Allen (1894) A Collection Of Book Plate Designs - L Rhead (1907) A Descriptive Catalogue of the Bookplates Designed & Etched by George W. Eve, R.E. - GH Viner (1916) A Descriptive Checklist of the Etched & Engraved Book-Plates - JW Spenceley (1905) A Guide To The Study Of Book-Plates - J B L Warren (1900) A List Of Canadian Bookplates - W Prescott (1919) Adrian J Iorio & His Book Plates - J Nash (1903) American BookPlates A Guide - C D Allen (1894) Artists & Engravers of British & American Book Plates - HW Fincham (1897) Aubrey Beardsley as a Designer of Book-Plates - AE Gallatin (1902) Book Plates & Their Value - JH Slater (1898) Book-Plate Literature - W Prescott (1914) Bookplates - E Almack (1904) Bookplates - F Brangwyn (1920) Bookplates - R C Dobson (1930) Book-Plates - W J Hardy (1893) Book-Plates (Ex-Libris) - A Vicars (1893) Bookplates for Beginners - A Fowler (1922) Bookplates In Iowa - M G Wyer (1914) Book-Plates Of Today - W M Stone (1902) Book-Plates Of Well-Known Americans - C N Carver (1911) Book-Plates Old & New - J Allyne Gade (1898) Book-Plates Selected from the Works of Edmund H. Garrett & a Notice of Them - W Howe Downes (1904) Concerning Book-Plates - T W Koch (1915) Concerning Book-Plates A Handbook - Z A Dixon (1903) Dated Book-Plates - W Hamilton (1895) E B Bird His Book Plates - W P Truesdell (1904) English Book-Plates Ancient & Modern - E Castle (1893) English Book-Plates; an Illustrated Handbook for Students of Ex-Libris - E Castle (1892) English Heraldic Book-Stamps, Figured & Described - C Davenport (1909) Ex Libris - H Gregson (1907) Ex Libris; Essays of a Collector - C Allen (1896) F Arthur Jacobson & His Book-Plates - F A Jacobson (1903) Franks Bequest. Catalogue of British & American Book Plates Bequeathed to the Trustees of the British Museum by Sir Augustus Wollaston Franks Vol 2 (1903) Franks Bequest. Catalogue of British & American Book Plates Bequeathed to the Trustees of the British Museum by Sir Augustus Wollaston Franks Vol 1 (1903) Franks Bequest. Catalogue of British & American Book Plates Bequeathed to the Trustees of the British Museum by Sir Augustus Wollaston Franks Vol 3 (1903) French Book-Plates - W Hamilton (1896) German Book-Plates; an Illustrated Handbook of German & Austrian Exlibris- KEC Leningen-Westerburg (1901) Indiana Bookplates - E Griffin White (1910) Ladies' Book-Plates - N Labouchere (1895) Little Books On Art - Book-Plates - E Almack (1904) Loan Exhibition of Colonial Book-Plates, Society of Colonial Dames, State of New York (1908) Masonic Bookplates - W Prestcott (1918) Modern Book-Plates & Their Designers - The Studio (1898) Norwegian Ex Libris - G Gade (1917) One Hundred Book Plates Engraved On Wood - T Moring (1901) Rare Bookplates (Exlibris) of the XVth and XVIth Centuries - F Warnecke (1894) Remarks on Some Masonic Book Plates in America & Their Owners - A Winthrop Pope (1908) Some American College Bookplates; a Presentation of Plates, Old & New - H Parker Ward (1915) The Book Plates of Amy M Sacker - JH Nash (1903) The Bookplate Annual For 1921 - A Fowler (1921) The Bookplate Annual For 1922 - A Fowler (1922) The Book-Plates of Ulrick, Duke of Mecklenburgh - C Teske (1894) The Ex-Libran Volume 1 - A Fowler (1912) The Ex-Libris Collection of the Ducal Library at Wolfenbüttel - O von Heinemann (1895) The Rise of the Book Plate - W Bowden (1901) The Welsh Book-Plates in the Collection of Sir Evan Davies Jones - HM Vaughan (1920) Foreign Language Texts 3500 Ex Libris Italiani - J Gelli (1908) Archives de la Société des Collectionneurs d'Ex-Libris et de Reliures Artistiques (1894) Das Moderne Deutsche Gebrauchs Exlibris - R Braungart (1922) Deutsche Exlibris - R Braungart (1922) Die Deutschen Bu¨cherzeichen (ex-libris); Von Ihrem Ursprunge bis zur Gegenwart - F Warnecke (1890) Die Entwicklung der Modernen Buchkunst in Deutschland - O Grautoff (1901) Essai Sur les Bibliophiles du Bas-Languedoc et Leurs Ex-Libris - P Falgairolle (1908) Ex Libris und Signete - E Preetorius (1920) Exlibris (Bucheignerzeichen) - W Von Zur Westen (1901) Gli Ex Libris Italiani - A Baertarelli (1902) Illustriertes Handbuch der Ex-Libris-Kunde - GA Seyler (1895) Les Ex-Libris de Médecins et de Pharmaciens - H Andre (1908) Les Ex-Libris et Les Marques de Possession du Livre - H Bouchot (1891) Les Ex-Libris Français Depuis Leur Origine Jusqu'à Nos Jours - JA Perrault-Mayand (1874) Neue Deutsche Exlibris - R Braungart (1919) Quelques Ex-Libris Belges Anciens - B Linnig (1921) Revista Iberica de Exlibris Volume 1 (1903) Revista Iberica de Exlibris Volume 2 (1904) Revista Iberica de Exlibris Volume 3 (1905) Revista Iberica de Exlibris Volume 4 (1906) some more examples: ~A B O U T T H E DVD~ These are ELECTRONIC BOOKS. You will receive 1 x regular data DVD-R disc containing all 77 of the books listed here. The books are in PDF format which means that you will need to have Adobe Reader installed on your computer to read them. If you dont have this, you can download it FREE from the Adobe website. If you don't understand this, please contact me prior to purchase. This is a data DVD (DVD-Rom) for computer use only (requires DVD-Rom drive). It WILL NOT WORK in a CD-Rom drive, an audio CD player or in the DVD player connected to your TV.*MAC USERS* This disc has an auto-run menu feature which may be incompatible with Mac computers. I cannot guarantee that a disc with the menu feature will function in any way on any Mac computer. If you would like a disc without the menu feature I can provide this (menu is for cosmetic purposes only - content will be identical), please leave a note with your purchase. If in doubt, please contact me prior to purchase. DELIVERY TO MEXICO, CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICADue to persistent delivery failures / missing items, I will only ship to these locations using a tracked service. Sorry, this is obviously a lot more expensive but I cannot continue to cover the cost of replacing failed deliveries to these places. If you require delivery to these locations, please choose the tracked shipping option at checkout. If you choose regular (untracked) international shipping, sorry but I will have to cancel the order and you will need to re-order with tracked shipping. Thanks for understanding. 'Software Box' picture is for illustration purposes only, not representative of actual packaging. NO SOFTWARE BOX IS PROVIDED NOTICE FOR eBAY SELLERS This compilation and the text and images contained in this listing are © Phoenix E-Books UK. NO RESALE of this item is permitted under any circumstances.NOTE TO EBAY STAFF: No copyrights are infringed in this CD/DVD Rom product. All material contained on the discs as described above is in the public domain and free from copyright. THANKS FOR LOOKING!!!!!!!
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Non-Fiction Subject: Book Plate Art, Vintage Illustration
Sub-Subject: Bookplates, Ex-Libris, Illustration
Condition: New Disc
Format: DVD-Rom
Subject: Ex Libris, Vintage Books
Language: English
