Ex Libris
26 artifacts in this set
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Bookplates, or ex libris, were commonly used in the late 19th and 20th centuries to mark ownership of books and to express personal style. The bookplates in this set -- only a sampling of those in the collection of The Henry Ford -- capture common design trends, as well as the individual tastes of the influential people who used them.
Bookplates, or ex libris, were commonly used in the late 19th and 20th centuries to mark ownership of books and to express personal style. The bookplates in this set -- only a sampling of those in the collection of The Henry Ford -- capture common design trends, as well as the individual tastes of the influential people who used them.
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Bookplate for The Hannah E. Bigelow Fund, Marlborough Public Library, 1898
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Bookplate of Frederick Hamilton Temple Blackwood, Marquess of Dufferin and Ava, 1826-1902
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Bookplate Acknowledging Gift to the Boston Public Library from the 20th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Memorial Fund, 1890-1910
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Bookplate of the The Coyl Collection, University of Michigan Library, in Memory of Col. William Henry Coyl, 1894
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Bookplate Designed by Rene Lalique for Emilie Grigsby, 1890-1905
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Bookplate for the Philip Sidney Patton Library for Sick Children, Ryerson Public Library, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1903-1904
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Bookplate of Lutie E. Stearns Designed by Maxfield Parrish, 1900-1920
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