,transcriber's ,note ,illustration captions in braces have been added by the transcriber for the convenience of the reader4 ,,book-,,plates of ,,to-,,day ,edited ,by ,,wilbur ,,macey ,,stone ,,new ,,york ,,tonnel ,,company #aijb ,copyrighted #aijb by ,tonnel ,co4 ,,book-,,plates ,,of ,,to-,,day ,,tonnel ,,company ,,new ,,york ,illustration3 ,book-plate of ,amy ,ivers ,truesdell4 ,,table ,,of ,,contents ,book-plate of ,mrs4 ,amy ,ivers ,truesdell1 in colors4 ,designed by ,jay ,chambers4 ,frontispiece ,book-plate of ,arnold ,william ,brunner1 in colors4 ,designed by ,thomas ,tryon4 ,facing #c ,american ,designers of ,book-plates3 ,william ,edgar ,fisher4 ,by ,w4 ,g4 ,bowdoin4 #c ,book-plate of ,william ,frederick ,havemeyer1 from the copper4 ,designed by ,thomas ,tryon1 engraved by ,e4 ,d4 ,french4 ,facing #i ,nineteen ,book-plates by ,british ,designers4 #i ,book-plate of ,t4 ,henry ,foster1 in colors4 ,designed by ,jay ,chambers4 ,facing #ai ,the ,artistic ,book-plate4 ,by ,temple ,scott4 #ai ,book-plate of ,miss ,henrietta ,m4 ,cox1 in colors4 ,designed by ,thomas ,tryon4 ,facing #bc ,thirty-two book-plates from various sources4 #bc ,book-plate of ,robert ,fletcher ,rogers1 in colors4 ,designed by ,homer ,w4 ,colby4 ,facing #cc ,book-plates and the ,nude4 ,by ,wilbur ,macey ,stone4 #cc ,book-plate of ,willis ,steell1 in colors4 ,designed by ,thomas ,tryon4 ,facing #ci ,the ,architect as a ,book-plate ,designer4 ,by ,willis ,steell4 #ci ,book-plate of ,william ,a4 ,boland1 in colors4 ,designed by ,homer ,w4 ,colby4 ,facing #de ,a ,check-list of the ,work of ,twenty-three ,book-plate ,designers of ,prominence4 ,compiled by ,wilbur ,macey ,stone4 #de ,,book-,,plates ,,of ,,to-,,day ,,tonnel ,,company ,,new ,,york ,illustration3 ,book-plate of ,arnold ,william ,brunner4 ,,american ,,designers of ,,book-,,plates3 ,,wm4 ,,edgar ,,fisher ,by ,w4 ,g4 ,,bowdoin ,the book-plate designers of to-day are legion because they are many4 ,almost every one who can draw1 and many who cannot1 have ventured into the field of book-plate designing2 and the result has been that many of the book-plates that are current have little to commend them to critical observers4 ,the present increasing interest in these little bits of the graver's art has greatly encouraged the production of them1 and new ones arise daily4 ,it is desirable1 therefore1 if we are to have book-plates at all1 that they shall be as artistic as may be2 and it is important1 from an art standpoint1 to all those who are about to adopt the use of these marks of ownership that they shall have1 as they may have1 the artistic flavor about them4 ,illustration3 ,book-plate of ,library of the ,studio ,club4 ,by ,wm4 ,edgar ,fisher ,illustration3 ,book-plate of ,winifred ,knight4 ,by ,wm4 ,edgar ,fisher ,most of our leading designers have hitherto been grouped in the eastern section of our country1 or at least not much further west than ,chicago4 ,some few designs1 it is true1 have been produced in ,california1 but for the most part the book-plates of note have been marked with an eastern geographical origin4 ,in ,william ,edgar ,fisher we have a designer who has strikingly departed from geographical conditions of book-plate designing heretofore prevailing1 and in faraway ,fargo1 ,north ,dakota1 has set up his studio from whence have come designs that are fresh1 original and very pleasing4 ,mr4 ,fisher loves to work in a pictorial field4 ,he makes a plate that tells a story1 and in his best plates there is artfully placed something bookish that harmonizes with the design-form selected2 and1 because of art coherence and harmony in design that go hand in hand1 his plates are more than satisfactory4 ,the general eastern notion in regard to ,north ,dakota is that nothing artistic can come out of the ,state1 but the work done there by ,mr4 ,fisher quickly dispels such an idea4 ,the plates he has drawn are acknowledged as highly meritorious by the best ,american masters of book-plate designing4 ,in all the plates from the hand of this artist that are here grouped1 and which may be regarded as quite typical of him1 there are only two that do not contain a book as a detail somewhere in the finished plate4 ,illustration3 ,book-plate of ,maie ,bruce ,douglas4 ,book-plate of ,mary ,n4 ,lewis4 ,by ,wm4 ,edgar ,fisher ,one of the exceptions is the plate of the ,studio ,club that gains infinitely by the omission of a book in the plate as produced4 ,the grouping of the five observers 7symbolic of the members of the ,studio ,club7 around the feminine portrait is most charming1 and to the writer it appears one of the happiest of recent productions in appropriate book-plates4 ,mr4 ,fisher's feminine figures that he introduces into many of his plates are likewise exceedingly effective4 ,this is particularly the case when to the charms of femininity he has added those of symbolism1 as in the case of the plate for ,miss ,winifred ,knight1 in which the graceful female masker appears at the shrine of the idealized god ,pan1 who writes1 it may be something oracular1 in her proffered album4 ,the figure is gracefully posed and the lines of the arms and neck are marked by pleasant curves4 ,illustration3 ,book-plate of ,john ,charles ,gage4 ,book-plate of ,elizabeth ,allen4 ,book-plate of ,leila ,h4 ,cole4 ,book-plate of ,elizabeth ,langdon4 ,by ,wm4 ,edgar ,fisher ,in the plate of ,maie ,bruce ,douglas1 ,mr4 ,fisher may have been influenced by ,hans ,christian ,andersen4 ,at any rate1 whether or not this is so1 he has neatly and most effectively grouped the old-time jester with his cap and bells1 the pointed shoes from whence came our modern samples1 and the maiden with the quaintness of head-dress and drapery1 that at least suggests the fairy and the incidental sacred stork1 making this plate with its shelf of books and the panel of repeated heraldic shields very attractive even to the chance observer4 ,in the plates for the ,misses ,mary ,n4 ,lewis1 ,elizabeth ,langdon1 ,leila ,h4 ,cole and ,elizabeth ,allen there are several diverse methods shown in which convention has been pleasingly utilized4 ,the vine and tree forms that are motifs are very effective1 and in all of these we see suggestions of treatment similar to that which stands out perhaps a little more pronouncedly in the plate of ,miss ,douglas4 ,costume quaintness1 charm of pose1 graceful outline1 the tendency toward lecturn detail and delicacy of touch1 are in each instance here seen to be characteristic of the artist4 ,the plate of ,john ,charles ,gage has in it the atmosphere of the monastery4 ,two friars are busy with a folio manuscript that has been beautifully illuminated4 ,the one reads the lessons for the day from the book of hours4 ,the other has a pleasing bit of gossip that he is telling to his brother friar as he reads1 and the reader hears with eagerness with his ears while he reads without absorption with his eyes4 ,illustration3 ,book-plate of ,samuel ,h4 ,hudson4 ,book-plate of ,silvanus ,macy ,jr4 ,by ,wm4 ,edgar ,fisher ,into the plate of ,samuel ,h4 ,hudson the atmosphere of the monastery is also introduced4 ,the cordelier sits absorbedly reading his matins4 ,through the open window of the monkish cell is seen the morning medieval landscape whose charms exercise no influence upon the solitary recluse1 solitary save for the monkey who plays sad havoc with the vellum volume that lies upon the cell floor and the destruction of which the ,franciscan is too absorbed to notice4 ,the monkey as a foil for the ascetic in this plate shows that ,mr4 ,fisher has a strong appreciation of the most delicate humor1 which here crops out most delightfully4 ,the border makes the plate a trifle heavy1 but this can easily be excused because of the charm of the plate otherwise4 ,illustration3 ,book-plate of ,stanley ,shepard4 ,by ,wm4 ,edgar ,fisher ,the dog is given a prominent place in the plate of ,miss ,lula ,thomas ,wear4 ,he dominates even the books1 and it may be that the owner prefers her dachshund to her library1 although it is evident that her books have some place in her esteem4 ,the design on the plate of ,stanley ,shepard suggests a derivation from an old print4 ,the caravel rides upon the waves according to the conception of the old-time engravers4 ,the anchor1 the sword fish of the deep sea1 and the sea-stars all suggest the ocean voyager who has deep down in his heart a love of books4 ,illustration3 ,book-plate of ,edna ,b4 ,stockhouse4 ,by ,wm4 ,edgar ,fisher ,in contrast with the plate of ,mr4 ,shepard's appears that bearing the name of ,silvanus ,macy1 ,jr4 ,the love of hunting stands out right boldly here1 and in the fox hunt does ,mr4 ,macy undoubtedly revel4 ,he could not have such a book-plate otherwise1 and live with it every day1 let it be in all his books and have it stand for him as it does1 unless it was fairly representative of the man's personality4 ,that is what makes a book-plate so eminently interesting1 aside from the art work put upon it4 ,books appeal to all sorts and conditions of men1 as the work of ,mr4 ,fisher's here grouped clearly indicates4 ,the plate from the books of ,miss ,edna ,b4 ,stockhouse is a trifle shadowy in motif notwithstanding which there can be no doubt the owner loves books4 ,the face in the book-plate reads4 ,there is also a love of the beautiful in ceramics indicated as an incident in the plate4 ,no wonder the head wears an aureole4 ,the ,bi ,lauda plate is that of a secret society at ,wellsville1 ,n4 ,y41 and we1 therefore1 forgive if we cannot forget its poverty of bookish design4 ,illustration3 ,book-plate of ,wm4 ,edgar ,fisher4 ,by ,wm4 ,edgar ,fisher ,in the personal plate of the designer1 of all those here reproduced1 we catch glimpses of the artist's own personality4 ,we see him as a book-lover and something of his inspiration is spread out before us4 ,he goes reading along1 carrying reserve volumes in case the one that engages his attention in the portraiture is happily finished4 ,mr4 ,fisher has been producing book-plates only since #ahih1 since which time he has to his credit some forty examples of work in this field4 ,he is perhaps happiest in his rendition of the plate pictorial1 and he has sometimes tinted his plates most charmingly4 ,mr4 ,fisher prepared for ,cornell at ,phillips ,academy1 ,andover1 ,mass4 ,at ,cornell he studied architecture for two years1 with especial attention to drawing4 ,he also studied1 for six months1 at the ,art ,institute1 ,chicago1 ,ill41 whither he went from ,cornell4 ,he has been largely self-taught in the matter of designing1 but his work indicates that his teacher was a good one4 ,he has privately but carefully studied the work of the best modern pen-and-ink draughtsmen1 and from this he has formed his personal style4 ,the methods and craftsmanship of reproduction were the subject of special study on his part while he was with one of the large ,chicago engraving houses4 ,anything that comes from his hand will be sure of the most kindly reception1 so long as his work is maintained at the present high standard4 ,illustration3 ,book-plate of ,bi ,lauda4 ,book-plate of ,lula ,thomas ,wear4 ,by ,wm4 ,edgar ,fisher ,,book-,,plates ,,of ,,to-,,day ,,tonnel ,,company ,,new ,,york ,illustration3 ,book-plate of ,william ,frederick ,havemeyer4 ,,nineteen ,,examples ,,of ,,decorative ,,book-,,plates ,,by ,,modern ,,british ,,designers ,from ,,the ,,london ,,studio ,illustration3 ,book-plate of ,charles ,holme4 ,by ,j4 ,w4 ,simpson ,illustration3 ,book-plate of ,frank ,lynn ,jenkins4 ,by ,byam ,shaw ,illustration3 ,book-plate of ,thodule1 ,comte de ,grammont4 ,by ,r4 ,anning ,bell ,illustration3 ,book-plate of ,p4 ,c4 ,konody4 ,by ,walter ,essie ,illustration3 ,book-plate of ,edward ,morton4 ,by ,e4 ,h4 ,new ,illustration3 ,book-plate of ,j4 ,w4 ,simpson4 ,by ,j4 ,w4 ,simpson ,illustration3 ,book-plate of ,katie ,black4 ,book-plate of ,r4 ,c4 ,book-plate of ,edy4 ,book-plate of ,k4 ,d4 ,four ,designs by ,gordon ,craig ,illustration3 ,book-plate of ,hugh ,giffen ,mc,kinney4 ,by ,j4 ,williams ,illustration3 ,book-plate of ,r4 ,mullineux ,walmsley4 ,by ,j4 ,williams ,illustration3 ,book-plate of ,w4 ,s4 ,george4 ,by ,w4 ,b4 ,pearson ,illustration3 ,book-plate of ,kenneth ,n4 ,bell4 ,by ,s4 ,a4 ,lindsey ,illustration3 ,book-plate of ,therese ,alice ,mary ,jackson4 ,by ,enid ,m4 ,jackson ,illustration3 ,book-plate1 no name4 ,by ,anna ,dixon ,illustration3 ,book-plate of ,a4 ,h4 ,v4 ,by ,arthur ,h4 ,verstage ,illustration3 ,book-plate of ,robert ,m4 ,mann4 ,from ,drawing after ,etching ,by ,d4 ,y4 ,cameron ,illustration3 ,book-plate of ,edith ,a4 ,kingsford4 ,by ,harold ,nelson ,,book-,,plates ,,of ,,to-,,day ,,tonnel ,,company ,,new ,,york ,illustration3 ,book-plate of ,t4 ,henry ,foster4 ,,the ,,artistic ,,book-,,plate ,by ,,temple ,,scott ,a book-plate1 in its simplest expression1 is a printed indication of the ownership of a book4 ,it may take the form of the unadorned visiting card1 or it may be embellished with heraldic and other designs explanatory of the owner's name1 ancestry1 tastes1 or predilections4 ,primarily1 however1 it is intended to fix ownership4 ,how far it satisfactorily serves its purpose1 is1 perhaps1 of little moment to the average book-collector2 for the book-plate has emerged from the stage of practical utility and become a thing in itself1 so to speak4 ,it has taken its place beside the many articles de vertu which are godsends to the weary of brain and heart1 inasmuch as they become the objects of a passion so delightful in its experience1 as to make us forget the little trials and worries of life that make pessimists of us in this bleak ,aceldama of sorrow4 ,nay1 they may even become the one sun1 shining and irradiating for us all the dark places of our wanderings1 and cheer us with the hopes for newer and finer acquisitions than we already have4 ,when1 however1 we come to a consideration of the artistic book-plate1 we enter upon a new field of enquiry entirely4 ,it indicates that a simple usage of a necessary and harmless convention has developed into a complex expression--an expression not merely of the individual to whom the book belongs1 but also of the artist whose business it is to give pictorial form to the desires and wishes and tastes of his patron4 ,from the crude1 if sufficient1 paste-board stuck on the end-paper1 to the heraldic display1 was1 surely1 no very far cry4 ,in the countries of the ,old ,world1 where pride of ancestry touches the worthy and unworthy alike1 it was to be expected that so valuable an opportunity for flaunting the deeds of derring do of one's forefathers as a sign of one's own distinction1 such as the book-plate offers1 was certainly not to be neglected4 ,so we find that the coats of arms which once served as inspirations1 and which once had a genuine meaning to their owners and retainers1 now do service in the more peaceful realms of ,bookland4 ,and1 assuredly1 there are certain books in a library1 which are more worthily acknowledged after this ancient and martial fashion4 ,we cannot but believe that a ,froissart from the press of ,caxton or ,wynkyn de ,worde1 would be handled with more reverence if one saw on the verso of its front cover a glorious display of the arcana of heraldry1 in all its magnificence of mysterious meaning4 ,this feeling would also be aroused in turning the leaves of1 say1 ,philippe le ,noir's edition of the ,gesta ,romanorum 7#aecb71 or of ,hayton's ,lytell ,cronycle from the shop of ,richard ,pynson1 or of ,mandeville's ,voyages and ,travailles1 issued by ,t4 ,snodham in #afbe1 or of ,pliny's ,historia ,naturalis from the ,venetian press of ,nic4 ,jenson in #adgb1 or of ,rastell's ,pastyme of ,people1 emprynted in ,chepesyde at the ,sygne of the ,mermayd in #aebi4 ,to these and their like a book-plate of heraldic story comes as a fitting and graceful complement4 ,but the average mortal of this work-a-day world and age has not the means wherewith to acquire such treasures of the bibliophile4 ,nor1 perhaps1 has he the necessary pedigree with which to adorn them1 if acquired2 though on this latter consideration1 we suspect that the ,herald's ,college in the purlieus of ,doctors' ,commons1 and the more amenable1 though not less expensive ,tiffany on this side of the ,atlantic1 would1 no doubt1 prove excellent aids to a full satisfaction4 ,but we are not here dealing with the pomp and glorious circumstance of ,heraldry4 ,in dealing with the artistic book-plate1 we are considering a matter which concerns itself not with past stories or past individuals1 but with the present tale and the particular living personage who has the laudable and humble ambition to distinguish his copy of a book from his friend's copy of the same book4 ,a taste in books may be easily whitewashed1 but a taste in a book-plate flares its owner's heart right into the eyes of the demurest damsel or the simplest swain4 ,it may be that our collection is but a series of ,tauchnitz editions carefully garnered on a ,european tour1 or a handful or two of ,bohn's ,library1 accumulated from our more studious days1 or a treatise on golf1 chess1 gardening and photography1 or a history of the state or town in which we live--it matters little what--these are the treasures we most prize1 and we wish to hold them4 ,now1 how best shall the collector mark them as his own8 ,he writes his name on the title-page4 ,ugh6 ,what a vandal's act6 ,the man who could so disfigure a book deserves to have it taken from him1 and his name obliterated4 ,he who could find it in his heart to write on title-pages could surely commit a murder4 ,we'd much rather he turned a leaf down to mark the place where he had left off in his reading2 though to do that is bad enough1 in all conscience4 ,nor does he save his soul by writing on the fly-title1 or even end-paper4 ,moreover1 this will not save his book either4 ,a visiting card can easily be taken out--it looks too formal1 nondescript1 meaningless1 common1 to inspire any respect in a would-be thief4 ,but an artistic book-plate6 ,ah6 that's another thing altogether4 ,an artistic book-plate is the expression in decorative illustration of the proprietor's tastes1 made by an artist who has sympathetically realized the feeling intended4 ,it should objectify one1 and only one1 salient characteristic1 either of temperament1 habit1 disposition1 or pleasure1 of its owner4 ,if it does less1 it is not individual2 if it does more1 it is not satisfying4 ,now each one of us has some characteristic trait that is not common to us all--then let that be the aim of the artist to embody in decorative form4 ,and let that embodiment be simple and direct--the simpler and more direct it is1 the more will it appear2 and the more beautiful it is the more will it soften the kleptomaniacal tendencies of the ghoulish book-hunter4 ,for nothing touches him so nearly to the finer impulses of nature than the contemplation of beauty2 and he would be less than human did he fail to respond4 ,we would even go to the length of giving as an admirable test of the book-plate artist's powers1 the lending of a book 7whose loss would give no qualms7 containing the plate4 ,if it come not back1 there's something the matter with your plate2 or1 you can libel your friend as a beast of low degree1 which suggests a good way of finding out your friend's true character4 ,but then1 there's no limit to the powers of a beautiful book-plate4 ,now there are a great many coy people who don't care to wear their hearts on their sleeves2 these would naturally feel indisposed to post themselves thus before the public eye1 be the book-plate never so beautiful4 ,to these we would say3 ,give us what you prize best--your home1 your wife1 your sweetheart1 your motto 7though that's giving yourself away too71 your baby1 anything that is truly yours4 7,babies are quite propos1 and should be characteristic1 though it does not always follow4 ,some babies have a habit of taking after quite other people47 ,the idea is1 to embody something individual1 something special and particular4 ,if he can afford a large library1 or is a collector of the works of one or two authors1 there's a way out of the difficulty for the coy person1 by having the book-plate represent the characteristic of the author and have his name as an addition4 ,that may be taking a liberty--but authors are accustomed to that2 and1 besides1 you are appreciating them1 and that should exorcise the spirit of an indignant classic from the four walls of your library4 ,have the original of the design framed on the wall2 it may save you a lot of explanation should the spook even get mad4 ,you can always lay the blame on the artist4 ,of course1 this means a book-plate for each author2 but as book-plates are not1 after all1 such very expensive luxuries1 this consideration need be a matter of but small moment4 ,yet another idea is to have an artistic treatment of a representation of your library1 your den4 ,that sounds very inviting and certainly can hurt no one's feelings4 ,if you don't happen to possess a special apartment1 give an apartment such as you would like to possess4 ,or show your favorite chair1 or nook1 or greenwood tree1 or running brook1 or garden plot4 ,there are thousands of ways in which to fashion a book-plate1 and an artistic book-plate1 too4 ,we thus can see what an advance the modern artistic book-plate is on the old style article--so formal1 so characterless1 so inchoate and so amorphous4 ,indeed the artistic book-plate is a genuine inspiration1 or it may be made so4 ,how charming1 or delight-giving1 or valuable1 or intoxicating it is1 depends largely on the artist4 ,but it also depends on the individual who desires it4 ,it should be planned with care and executed with feeling4 ,it should be like no other book-plate in the sense that it possesses some flavor that is private and personal4 ,it should be as much an indication of the owner's taste as is his library--and no man can hide his nature from the friend who has had access to that4 ,there are many things a book-plate should not be--but these may be summed up in the advice--it should not be a mask4 ,you may order your books by the hundredweight from your bookseller1 but that won't stand you in any stead when your friend handles them and turns to you for a criticism1 or an opinion4 ,you may also commission your artist for a book-plate2 but you are in a worse plight if you fail in the more direct explanation you will be required to make to the insistent inquiries as to its meaning or appositeness4 ,no6 ,be it ever so humble1 let it be yours4 ,it may be a poor thing1 but it is your own2 but it may be also a very rich thing1 and your own also4 ,illustration3 ,book-plate of ,james ,dick4 ,by ,j4 ,w4 ,simpson ,,book-,,plates ,,of ,,to-,,day ,,tonnel ,,company ,,new ,,york ,illustration3 ,book-plate of ,henrietta ,m4 ,cox4 ,,thirty-,,two ,,examples ,,of ,,book-,,plates from ,,private ,,collections and ,other ,sources ,illustration3 ,book-plate of the ,worcester ,art ,museum4 ,from ,steel ,engraving ,by ,e4 ,d4 ,french ,illustration3 ,book-plate of the ,authors' ,club ,library4 ,by ,geo4 ,wharton ,edwards ,illustration3 ,book-plate of ,theodore ,brown ,hapgood ,jr4 ,by ,t4 ,b4 ,hapgood1 ,jr4 ,illustration3 ,book-plate of ,eaton4 ,by ,charles ,selkirk ,illustration3 ,book-plate of ,frances ,louise ,allen4 ,by ,t4 ,b4 ,hapgood1 ,jr4 ,illustration3 ,book-plate of ,david ,turnure4 ,by ,louis ,h4 ,rhead ,illustration3 ,book-plate of ,a4 ,squire4 ,by ,b4 ,g4 ,goodhue ,illustration3 ,book-plate of ,william ,snelling ,hadaway4 ,by ,w4 ,s4 ,hadaway ,illustration3 ,book-plate of ,edwin ,allis de ,wolf4 ,illustration3 ,book-plate of ,john ,b4 ,larner4 ,from ,steel ,engraving ,by ,e4 ,d4 ,french ,illustration3 ,book-plate of ,constance ,grosvenor ,alexander4 ,by ,h4 ,e4 ,goodhue ,illustration3 ,book-plate of ,amy ,m4 ,sacker4 ,by ,h4 ,e4 ,goodhue ,illustration3 ,book-plate of ,udolpho ,snead4 ,by ,b4 ,g4 ,goodhue ,illustration3 ,book-plate of ,barreau de ,bruxelles4 ,by ,fernand ,khnopff ,illustration3 ,book-plate of ,hans ,thoma4 ,by ,hans ,thoma ,illustration3 ,book-plate of ,may v4 ,feilitzsch4 ,by ,bernhard ,wenig ,illustration3 ,book-plate of ,max ,ostenrieder4 ,by ,julius ,diez ,illustration3 ,book-plate of ,charles ,e4 ,eldred4 ,by ,charles ,e4 ,eldred1 of ,english ,navy ,illustration3 ,book-plate of ,richard ,butler ,glaenzer4 ,illustration3 ,book-plate of ,reginald ,c4 ,vanderbilt4 ,illustration3 ,book-plate of ,alice ,hillingdon4 ,book-plate of ,mildred ,chelsea4 ,book-plate of ,sarah ,isabel ,wilson4 ,book-plate of ,clementine ,f4 ,a4 ,walsh4 ,from ,steel ,engravings by ,wm4 ,phillips ,barrett ,illustration3 ,book-plate of ,anthony1 ,earl of ,shaftesbury4 ,book-plate of ,constance ,derby4 ,book-plate of ,alice ,stanley4 ,book-plate of ,gladys de ,grey4 ,from ,steel ,engravings by ,wm4 ,phillips ,barrett ,illustration3 ,book-plate of ,george ,louis ,beer4 ,book-plate of ,lewis ,w4 ,hatch4 ,book-plate of ,irving and ,sissie ,lehman4 ,book-plate of ,julian ,pearce ,smith4 ,four designs by ,thomas ,m4 ,cleland ,,book-,,plates ,,of ,,to-,,day ,,tonnel ,,company ,,new ,,york ,illustration3 ,book-plate of ,robert ,fletcher ,rogers4 ,,book-,,plates ,,and ,,the ,,nude ,by ,,wilbur ,,macey ,,stone ,illustration3 ,book-,plate of ,mr4 ,carl ,schur ,lovers of the beautiful have been burdened with endless talk and writing and many quarrels on the nude in art1 and now ,i have the temerity to open a new field of battle and throw down the gauntlet for strife4 ,the ,eternal ,feminine is a prominent factor in the picture book-plates of the day1 and she is showing some tendencies to appear minus her apparel4 ,question3 is it wise and in good taste8 ,of course1 to start with1 ,i am quite free to admit that good taste is a movable feast and is much influenced by the point of view4 ,your taste is good if it agrees with mine2 otherwise it is bad taste or no taste4 ,at any rate1 there are a few things we can agree upon1 ,i think4 ,for instance1 that there is a wide distinction between the nude and the naked4 ,also1 that the human form divine is most beautiful1 but that to remain most beautiful it must deviate not one jot or tittle from the divine1 for any deviation is to tend to the earthy and gross1 which is vulgar and--bad taste4 ,we can also agree1 ,i think1 that partially draped figures can be1 and often are1 sensual and repulsive beyond the frankly nude1 and this without the direct intent or knowledge of the artist4 ,a hair perhaps divides the false and true1 ,yes2 and a single slip were the clue-- ,but above all things a nude figure should never carry the idea of a consciousness of its nudity6 ,also1 clothing or drapery used simply to hide portions of the figure is execrable and more suggestive than any entire absence of clothing2 while to add1 as ,i have seen done1 a hat and ,french-heeled shoes to a nude figure is abominable beyond condemnation4 ,but all this is of broad application and is sawing upon the same old and frayed strings4 ,abstractly1 a beautiful nude is as beautiful on a book-plate as in a portfolio or in a frame1 and some of the most beautiful book-plates ,i have ever seen have been nudes4 ,nevertheless1 to me the nude seems out of place and in questionable taste on a book-plate2 the simple matter of repetition is enough to condemn it4 ,the partially draped figures by ,r4 ,anning ,bell are chaste and beautiful1 and one never thinks of them other than as clothed2 so they can hardly be considered in this discussion4 ,many of the book-plates by ,henry ,ospovat contain partly draped figures which are always beautifully drawn1 pure and a constant delight4 ,but really1 ,i think it would jar me to meet even an angel--the same one1 mind you--in each of a thousand volumes4 ,emil ,orlak1 in ,austria1 has made some fairly pleasing nudes1 but they lack that purity of conception without which they are common4 ,armand ,rassenfosse1 of ,belgium1 has etched a number of dainty1 faultlessly drawn and really most beautiful nudes1 but many of them have been ruined by the needless addition of shoes and fancy head-dresses4 ,pal de ,mont1 of ,antwerp1 has a plate by ,edmond van ,oppel which he probably thinks a work of art1 but which is surely the height of vulgarity2 while in ,composite ,book-,plates is a design by ,theodore ,simson containing a large figure of a nude woman with her hair done in a pug1 seated in a grove amid dandelions and poppies1 and diligently reading a book4 ,the figure is treated in broad outline1 which is ill adapted to the subject1 and it lacks that refinement without which nothing is beautiful4 ,she is absolutely at variance with her environment1 and the whole is a tour de force quite unforgivable4 ,illustration3 ,book-plate of ,robert ,h4 ,smith4 ,by ,h4 ,nelson ,miss ,labouchere1 in her volume on ladies' plates1 shows a rather amusing pair of designs for ,miss ,nellie ,heaton4 ,these plates both bear the legend1 ,gather ye roses while ye may4 ,in the first1 the designer1 ,mrs4 ,baker1 has a fair creature in all the glory of entire nudity plucking blossoms from a rose-vine4 ,in the other1 she used the same design throughout1 but has fully clothed the figure4 ,evidently ,miss ,heaton protested4 ,these designs by a woman call to mind the fact that among the book-plates of over one hundred and fifty women designers with which ,i am familiar1 ,i know of but one other nude4 ,this other is by ,miss ,mary ,florence1 and is of a large full-length angel entirely undraped4 ,illustration3 ,book-plate of ,arthur ,guthrie4 ,by ,h4 ,ospovat ,illustration3 ,book-plate of ,h4 v4 ,w4 ,by ,a4 ,rassenfosse ,fritz ,erler1 a ,german designer of much strength1 has made a number of symbolic book-plates4 ,all1 ,i believe1 have the feminine as motif1 and in several the figures are nude4 ,the design for ,emil ,gerhuser is inoffensive and well-drawn1 but surely is not beautiful1 and lacks a good excuse for existence4 ,in a generally pleasing decorative arrangement for ,robert ,h4 ,smith1 ,harold ,nelson1 an ,english designer1 shows a rather attenuated nude maiden looking with envy at a gorgeous peacock on the opposite side of the design2 while the peacock in turn seems to say1 ,why don't you grow some feathers8 ,we naturally expect to find well-drawn1 if not always pleasing1 nudes in the ,french school4 ,henry ,andr1 one of the best known ,french designers of book-plates1 uses the nude quite freely in his work2 in some instances pleasingly1 but in one or two with marked vulgarity4 ,octave ,uzanne has the most pleasing nude plate that ,i have ever seen4 ,it is designed by ,gurin1 and represents a tortoise bearing the implements of the artist1 and coaxed along by the hot torch of knowledge in the hand of a light-winged cupid4 ,by ,sherborn1 the great1 ,i have seen but one nude in a book-plate1 and that a poor thing but innocuous1 for ,mr4 ,harris ,fahnestock of ,new ,york4 ,mr4 ,e4 ,d4 ,french has made but one nude that ,i have seen1 that for ,mr4 ,e4 ,h4 ,bierstadt2 the design shows a nude shepherd boy piping to his flock4 ,the plate ,mr4 ,french engraved for ,mr4 ,de ,vinne1 from the design by ,geo4 ,fletcher ,babb1 has nude termini for bearers1 and is elegant and beautiful1 an ideal plate4 ,illustration3 ,book-plate of ,john ,jessie ,hoy4 ,by ,h4 ,ospovat ,american artists have essayed the nude but little in book-plate design1 perhaps through wisdom1 perhaps through fear2 but the fact remains that they have thereby avoided the perpetration of at least some crimes4 ,judging by the examples we have been able to cite1 and they are representative1 it would seem that the best advice we can give those tempted to use the undraped beautiful in their book-plates is--don't4 ,illustration3 ,book-plate of ,al ,mockel4 ,from ,drawing after ,etching by ,a4 ,rassenfosse ,illustration3 ,book-plate of ,octave ,uzanne4 ,after ,etching by ,gurin ,illustration3 ,book-plate of ,emil ,gerhuser4 ,by ,fritz ,erler ,,book-,,plates ,,of ,,to-,,day ,,tonnel ,,company ,,new ,,york ,illustration3 ,book-plate of ,willis ,steell4 ,,the ,,architect ,,as ,a ,,book-,,plate ,,designer ,by ,,willis ,,steell ,illustration3 ,book-plate of ,frank ,jean ,pool4 ,by ,thomas ,tryon ,among the book-plate designers of the present day the architect may1 if he choose1 take a high place4 ,he is one whose studies have led him through the paths of artistic training where his eye and hand have learned to see color and form and balance of parts1 and while the usual media of his profession are wood1 stone1 terra cotta and iron1 there are many by-paths through which he must travel to appreciate the value of his pencil lines upon the flat4 ,no more delightful by-way than the book-plate route will open before him1 hedged in as it is by purely artistic shrubbery and leading constantly to pretty and even beautiful designs in which the genius of architecture has played a great part4 ,moreover1 all his preceding journey through the hard conventional country to which architecture at first seems limited1 has equipped him thoroughly to give expression to his fancy4 ,that the gift of imagination is among his endowments should be taken for granted1 however1 if the architect is to succeed in the line of drawing book-plates4 ,fancy and imagination being in his mental equipment the architect can rest his mind in no more delightful fashion than by giving them full scope in this gem-like art4 ,his experience1 his collections of drawings1 the work of others of his craft which he has studied1 all tend to render his fund of information large1 and if he has the key to book-plate art1 inexhaustible1 since nothing comes amiss to the pen of one whose facile fancy can grasp a good motive and direct it to a purpose other than that originally intended4 ,illustration3 ,,james ,,seymour ,,tryon ,by ,thomas ,tryon ,in the early days of art the architect was not only a designer of buildings but was also a sculptor and sometimes a decorative painter4 ,he was called upon by his patrons to design whatever was needed at the moment1 and these men were all-round artists1 the day of specialization and the speculator not having dawned4 ,buonarotti is an awesome name to call up1 but this great painter1 sculptor1 architect and builder touched nothing that he did not adorn1 and in many of the hundreds of crayon sketches and cartoons that he left behind him1 the feeling of the book-plate artist is clear4 ,had ,lorenzo the ,magnificent wanted a book-plate for use in his library1 the great ,michael ,angelo could have filled the want from his own notes1 with very little of either suppression or expansion4 ,it may seem strange to think of this ,titan of art1 the creator of the sweeping ,last ,judgment turning his pencil to the delicate lines1 the imperceptible nuances demanded by a book-plate1 yet it may be repeated1 in his work may be found a myriad of suggestions for these gem-like products4 ,illustration3 ,book-plate of ,annah ,m4 ,fellowes4 ,by ,thomas ,tryon ,buonarotti was not1 however1 first and last an architect4 ,painter and sculptor also1 these sides of his artist soul would have been drawn on for the book-plate4 ,therefore the statement that not every architect can design so fanciful and dainty a work as a book-plate becomes a truism patent to everybody4 ,the architect's profession calls for a two-fold nature1 the one side tending toward that of the engineer with its eminently practical and very necessary tables of stress and strain1 its mathematical calculations for loads and disposition of carrying walls1 while the other side leans to a nice discernment of color and proportion4 ,the laying out of vistas and the arrangement of surfaces and lines1 so that the eye is aided in receiving the best impression from all points of view4 ,of this turn of mind is the one who can and does design book-plates4 ,the very practical architect1 if he wishes the glory1 which is doubtful1 has one of his draftsmen make the design and then signs the drawing and gets the glory4 ,it would be amusing if such an one through some luck charm received constant application for such work4 ,his draftsmen would change and his drawings be as dissimilar as the men who drew them4 ,possibly the signature would lead the long-suffering public to think him very versatile4 ,it is not of this class of architect that we write4 ,it is of him who is half painter or sculptor1 and who loves his pen and pencil and delights in the personal expression of his ideals4 ,he finds that his way of seeing things is more to his liking than any way of any other man4 ,he sees the infinite beauty of nature and loves her shifting pictures in the clouds4 ,then too1 he must have the ability to clearly comprehend the half-formed ideas of him whose plate he undertakes to draw4 ,this is not always an easy matter4 ,there are but few in the world who can formulate their ideas1 much less invent a picture without first seeing it4 ,here the architect has1 perhaps1 an advantage over the purely imaginative artist1 since the average man does not know the difference between the ,classic period and the ,gothic1 the ,napoleon era and the modern ,german renaissance4 ,of the architects who have obtained unquestioned recognition in this exquisite art1 ,thomas ,tryon is among those whose work is especially prized4 ,his adaptation of architectural forms to the confined space of the book-plate shows the work of a man who has command of his tools and knowledge1 and despite the narrow confines of the field his work is not at all cabined or cribbed4 ,the illustrations accompanying this essay are taken rather at random from among ,mr4 ,tryon's designs1 but they will convey to those unfamiliar with his work1 a fair idea of its scope and treatment4 ,his first design was a plate for his father1 an ornate armorial design1 the name being set up in type at the base4 ,the plate for ,miss ,annah ,m4 ,fellowes is quite elaborate4 ,a long-haired and bewhiskered knight stands before us in a suit of rich armor1 his right hand bearing his sword and helmet1 and his left resting upon his shield4 ,his helmet is surmounted by a pair of spreading wings4 ,the design is backed by a rambling rose bush on which is hung the motto ribbon4 ,illustration3 ,book-plate of ,loyall ,farragut4 ,by ,thomas ,tryon ,illustration3 ,book-plate of ,george ,elder ,marcus4 ,by ,thomas ,tryon ,mr4 ,frank ,pool is obviously a lover of the drama4 ,in an oval window set in masonry1 is a ,roman gentleman1 laurel crowned1 reading from a large volume1 while at the upper right and left sides are comedy and tragedy masks from which hang a gracefully festooned wreath4 ,palms1 ribbon and name plate finish the design4 ,for ,mr4 ,farragut1 the son of our old admiral1 ,mr4 ,tryon has made a very salt water arrangement of arms4 ,the shield is surmounted by a quaint ship and the bearers are dolphins1 which on one side encircle a trident and on the other a sword4 ,the conventional acanthus leaves give body and decoration to the whole4 ,perhaps one of the most distinctively beautiful of ,mr4 ,tryon's designs is the fleur-de-lis for ,mr4 ,marcus4 ,in this the artist has blended most delightfully the natural and the heraldic flower and has produced a gem of which one never tires4 ,for his sister and her children ,mr4 ,tryon has made a light and airy design1 distinctively feminine and graceful4 ,the main feature of the design is an ornate cypher of the letters ,s ,t4 ,on the ribbon below the name is shown4 ,this is changed to the names of ,mrs4 ,stone's three daughters for their individual use4 ,the plate reproduced here is that of one of ,mrs4 ,stone's daughters4 ,the design for ,the ,boys ,club is surmounted by the ,american eagle perched upon the globe1 and the flag of our country is draped over the tablet bearing the lettering4 ,this plate has been reproduced both by photo-process and copper plate4 ,illustration3 ,book-plate of ,rachel ,norton ,tryon ,stone4 ,by ,thomas ,tryon ,illustration3 ,book-plate of ,library of the ,boys ,club4 ,by ,thomas ,tryon ,of the three color plates reproduced the first was made for ,mr4 ,a4 ,w4 ,brunner1 and has for piece de resistence a very ingenious monogram set in an oval frame4 ,for bearers there are two graceful palms and the keystone is surmounted by a pile of books and a classic student's lamp4 ,the base of the design is relieved by a pleasing arrangement of acanthus leaves4 ,the plate for ,miss ,cox is a seal-like design1 dignified yet dainty1 and would be entirely in place in all kinds of volumes4 ,the plate for ,mr4 ,steell quite speaks for itself and makes the sportsman feel wildly for the trigger of his gun4 ,the buck and doe silhouetted against the yellow of evening and the reflection in the stream are a delight4 ,three of ,mr4 ,tryon's designs have been engraved by ,mr4 ,e4 ,d4 ,french4 ,the famous ,sovereign plates being two1 and one for ,mr4 ,havemeyer being the third4 ,this plate for ,mr4 ,havemeyer is indicative of the owner's collection of ,washingtoniana1 and is surrounded by several of the well-known portraits of the father of his country1 while at the top is a small view of ,mount ,vernon4 ,the portraits and view are interwoven with foliage and ribbon and form a frame in which ,mr4 ,havemeyer's arms are displayed4 ,the ,sovereign plates1 which were made in #ahie for the library of ,mr4 ,m4 ,c4 ,d4 ,borden's yacht1 are of great richness1 the first or crown design being especially so4 ,this one did not please the owner1 who had a second one made surmounted by an eagle instead of a crown4 ,this is simpler in treatment and not so decorative as the earlier design4 ,these plates were both cut on the copper by ,mr4 ,french who treated them in a very sympathetic manner and brought out in clear relief the ideas of the designer4 ,mr4 ,tryon's production has not been great1 reckoned by the number of plates made1 but as his work is never done hurriedly or slightingly it carries an air of finished dignity and worth that gives it lasting qualities4 ,as he usually has one or two plates in hand to which he adds a few lines and a few thoughts from time to time1 we may still expect pleasant surprises in this miniature art from his workshop4 ,illustration3 ,book-plate1 no name4 ,illustration3 ,book-plate of the ,library of the ,harvard ,union4 ,by ,b4 ,g4 ,goodhue ,illustration3 ,book-plate of ,m4 ,a4 de ,wolfe ,howe4 ,by ,b4 ,g4 ,goodhue ,illustration3 ,book-plate of ,barrett ,wendell4 ,by ,e4 ,d4 ,french ,illustration3 ,book-plate of ,harvard ,university ,library1 ,lowell ,memorial ,library of ,romance ,literature4 ,by ,b4 ,g4 ,goodhue ,,book-,,plates ,,of ,,to-,,day ,,tonnel ,,company ,,new ,,york ,illustration3 ,book-plate of ,william ,a4 ,boland4 ,a ,,check-,,list of the ,,work of ,,twenty-,,three ,,book-,,plate ,,designers of ,,prominence ,compiled by ,,wilbur ,,macey ,,stone ,it was thought that interest and value would be added to this book by the inclusion of lists of the book-plates made by the more prominent artists whose work is reproduced here4 ,these lists are the nearest complete of any that have ever been published1 and as they have been verified in many instances by the artists themselves1 and in others carefully collated from the actual book-plates1 they may be relied upon as highly accurate4 ,the sundry notes1 bibliographical and otherwise1 by which the individual lists are prefaced1 are in no way exhaustive1 but just a cursory gathering to relieve the bareness of the lists and to give some little additional assistance to the amateur4 ,the lists are arranged alphabetically under the artists' names as follows3 ,william ,phillips ,barrett ,robert ,anning ,bell ,d4 ,y4 ,cameron ,thomas ,maitland ,cleland ,gordon ,craig ,julius ,diez ,george ,wharton ,edwards ,fritz ,erler ,william ,edgar ,fisher ,edwin ,davis ,french ,bertram ,g4 ,goodhue ,harry ,e4 ,goodhue ,t4 ,b4 ,hapgood1 ,jr4 ,harold ,e4 ,nelson ,edmund ,h4 ,new ,henry ,ospovat ,armand ,rassenfosse ,louis ,rhead ,byam ,shaw ,joseph ,w4 ,simpson ,hans ,thoma ,thomas ,tryon ,bernhard ,wenig ,,william ,,phillips ,,barrett ,in ,great ,britain every family of rank has its arms suitably emblazoned on its harnesses1 carriages1 table-plate1 dining-chairs1 and1 of course1 in its library4 ,when a new coach is ordered1 or a new set of harnesses1 the coach-builder or the harness-maker furnish the proper trimmings4 ,so milord's stationer fixes up the family letter-paper and the family book-plate4 ,somebody has to lick into some semblance of artistic unity the records of prowess of our medieval ancestors4 ,in the workshops of ,messrs4 ,bumpus ,limited1 ,mr4 ,william ,phillips ,barrett performs this more or less genial task4 ,he has signed some ninety to one hundred designs1 which were cut by the workmen in the ,bumpus establishment4 ,mr4 ,barrett's designs are not wholly without merit1 but they so apparently lack the spark of vitality and their execution is in many cases so hard and mechanical that one is inclined more to pity than to praise4 ,in the pages of the ,london ,ex ,libris ,journal1 that industrious encourager of the ordinary and banal in book-plate design1 ,mr4 ,barrett's work is exploited at length4 ,vol4 ,,ii41 page #ha1 et seq4 #ahif ,lady ,gerard ,hon4 ,e4 ,byng ,mr4 ,jack ,cummings ,lord ,manners ,lady ,sarah ,wilson ,lady ,charles ,bentinck ,h4 ,somers ,somerset1 ,esq4 ,lady ,k4 ,somerset #ahig ,j4 ,watson ,armstrong1 ,esq4 ,lady ,angela ,forbes ,mrs4 ,panmure ,gordon ,hon4 ,mrs4 ,charles ,harbord ,miss ,beatrice ,dudley ,smith ,the ,marchioness of ,headfort ,miss ,audrey ,battye ,lady ,beatrix ,taylour ,miss ,rachel ,duncombe ,j4 ,s4 ,forbes1 ,esq4 #ahih ,lady ,maud ,warrender ,lady de ,trafford ,hon4 ,marie ,hay ,the ,countess ,mar and ,kellie ,mrs4 ,brocklebank ,the ,viscountess ,wolseley ,robertson ,lawson1 ,esq4 ,baron ,knigswarter ,baroness ,knigswarter ,miss ,van ,wart ,reginald ,nicholson1 ,esq4 ,lady ,sybil ,carden ,the ,countess of ,lathom #ahii ,the ,duchess of ,bedford ,miss ,eadith ,walker 7,australia7 ,the ,countess of ,wilton ,the ,viscountess ,chelsea ,mrs4 ,duff ,j4 ,e4 ,ballie1 ,esq4 ,lord ,bolton ,lady ,margaret ,levett ,miss ,howell ,basil ,levett1 ,esq4 ,mrs4 ,harcourt ,powell ,lady ,ampthill ,j4 ,e4 7,mr4 and ,mrs4 ,muller7 ,bishop ,lefroy of ,lahore ,mrs4 ,mc,calmont ,miss ,gabrielle de ,montgeon #aijj ,her ,royal ,highness ,princess ,victoria of ,great ,britain ,the ,earl of ,lathom ,the ,duke of ,beaufort ,hon4 ,mrs4 ,gervase ,beckett ,the ,countess of ,gosford ,the ,marchioness of ,bath ,mrs4 ,lee ,pilkington ,freda and ,winifreda ,armstrong ,mrs4 ,wernher ,miss ,freda ,villiers ,miss ,muriel ,dudley ,smith ,lord ,kenyon ,lady ,savile ,crossley ,hon4 ,hilda ,chichester ,lady ,dickson-,poynder ,sir ,john ,dickson-,poynder ,gervase ,beckett1 ,esq4 ,canon ,stanton ,the ,duke of ,portland ,mrs4 ,alfred ,harmsworth ,mrs4 ,arthur ,wilson ,j4 ,hutchinson1 ,esq4 ,hon4 ,mrs4 ,g4 ,kenyon ,captain ,noble ,edward ,hubbuck1 ,esq4 ,r4 ,l4 ,foster1 ,esq4 ,royal ,naval and ,military ,will ,watson ,armstrong ,masonic ,supreme ,council1 #cc 7,large and small7 ,the ,earl of ,shaftesbury ,miss ,barclay 7,wood block ,armorial7 ,h4 ,a4 ,harben1 ,esq4 #aija ,ivor ,fergusson1 ,esq4 ,harold ,harmsworth1 ,esq4 ,lord ,haddo ,lady ,mary ,cayley ,mrs4 ,sheridan 7,frampton ,court7 ,the ,marchioness ,anglesey ,sir ,charles ,cust ,the ,countess of ,derby ,lady ,hillingdon ,lady ,alice ,stanley ,lady ,clementine ,walsh ,r4 ,c4 ,donaldson-,hudson1 ,esq4 ,,robert ,,anning ,,bell ,robert ,anning ,bell1 ,director of the ,art ,school of the ,liverpool ,university1 is the most prolific designer of artistic picture-plates in ,great ,britain4 ,his work has long been the envy of amateurs1 and no collection can claim to be representative without some examples of his work4 ,his book-plates have been reproduced and commented on in almost all published articles on the general subject4 ,the book-plate number of the ,studio1 ,simpson's ,book of ,book-plates1 ,bowdoin's ,rise of the ,book-plate1 ,zur ,westen's ,ex ,libris 7,leipzig1 #aija71 all show examples4 ,his work is characterized by dignity and grace1 is in good drawing1 and has an average of excellence unsurpassed4 ,the list is complete to ,july #a1 #aijb4 #a ,walter ,george ,bell #b ,rainald ,william ,knightley ,goddard #c ,g4 ,r4 ,dennis #d ,barry ,eric ,odell ,pain #e ,jane ,patterson 7circular7 #f ,jane ,patterson 7rectangular7 #g ,christabel ,a4 ,frampton #h ,frederick ,brown #i ,matt4 ,gossett #aj ,arthur ,trevithin ,nowell #aa ,edward ,priolean ,warren #ab ,frederick ,leighton 7small7 #ac ,frederick ,leighton 7large7 #ad ,arthur ,melbourne ,sutthery #ae ,juliet ,caroline ,fox ,pym #af ,yolande ,sylvia ,mina ,noble ,pym #ag ,florence and ,william ,parkinson #ah ,nora ,beatrice ,dicksee #ai ,felsted ,school #bj ,arthur ,e4 ,bartlett #ba ,the ,hon4 ,mabel de ,grey #bb ,geraldine1 ,countess of ,mayo #bc ,walter ,e4 ,lloyd #bd ,george ,benjamin ,bullock-,barker #be ,george ,benjamin ,bullock-,barker #bf ,thomas ,elsley #bg ,university ,college1 ,liverpool #bh ,rowland ,plumbe #bi ,rennell ,rodd #cj ,alicia1 ,lady ,glomis #ca ,h4 ,e4 ,john ,browne #cb ,barham ,house #cc ,cecil ,rhodes #cd ,mander ,bros4 #ce ,hon4 ,harriet ,borthwick #cf ,beatrice ,patterson #cg ,walter ,drew #ch ,walter ,raleigh #ci ,thodule1 ,comte de ,grammont #dj ,joshua ,sing #da ,alice ,emma ,wilkinson #db ,james ,easterbrook #dc ,theodore ,mander #dd ,w4 ,h4 ,booth #de ,hector ,munro1 #ahig #df ,margaret ,wilton #dg ,l4 and ,m4 ,s4 #dh ,gardner ,s4 ,bazley #di ,ex ,libris ,sodalium ,academicorum ,apud ,lyrpul #ej ,roberti ,a4 ,s4 ,macfie #ea ,richard ,t4 ,beckett #eb ,edmund ,rathbone1 #ahih #ec ,croy ,grammont1 #ahih #ed ,a4 ,j4 ,stratton #ee ,john ,duncan #ef ,helen ,woollgar de ,gaudrion ,verrall #eg ,c4 ,kohn #eh ,c4 ,j4 ,r4 ,armandale #ei ,wm4 ,renton ,prior #fj ,h4 and ,o4 ,lewis #fa ,herbert ,lyndon #fb ,johanna ,birkenruth #fc ,fanny ,dove ,harriet ,lister #fd ,mary ,josephine ,stratton #fe ,louise ,frances ,foster #ff ,caleb ,margerison #fg ,ellis ,roberts #fh ,marie ,clay #fi ,fanny ,nicholson #gj ,l4 and ,e4 ,stokes #ga ,alfred ,cecil ,gathorne ,hardy ,d4 ,y4 ,,cameron ,d4 ,y4 ,cameron is one of the most prominent artists in the so-called ,glasgow ,school of ,designers4 ,his plates are nearly all etchings and are decidedly his own in subjects and treatment4 ,they are most excellent productions4 ,his work has been most fully exploited in ,simpson's ,book of ,book-plates1 ,vol4 ,i41 ,no4 #d4 ,there are eleven designs listed in ,fincham1 and the ,studio ,book-plate number reproduces four4 ,donald ,grace ,cameron ,swan ,robert ,m4 ,mann ,john ,roberton ,john ,maclaren ,roberta ,elliot ,s4 ,paterson ,joanna ,cameron ,jeanie ,ure ,mac,laurin ,katherine ,cameron ,j4 ,craig ,annan ,james ,arthur ,john ,macartney ,wilson ,james ,henry ,todd ,james ,j4 ,maclehose ,robert ,g4 ,paterson ,r4 ,y4 ,pickering1 #ahie ,r4 ,y4 ,pickering 7another design7 ,john ,a4 ,downie ,beatrice ,h4 ,mac,laurin ,sir ,james ,bell1 ,bart4 ,,thomas ,,maitland ,,cleland ,mr4 ,cleland is a young man who has an innate appreciation for decorative effect and1 what is more to the purpose1 an ability to apply it4 ,for some years past his skill in typographic arrangement has added much to the products of several of our more advanced publishers2 by more advanced ,i mean those with a knowledge and belief that it is good business to offer to the public books that delight the eye as well as the mind4 ,mr4 ,cleland has done many decorative bits by way of head- and tail-pieces and initials4 ,there are also to his credit a baker's dozen of book-plates4 ,these last are intensely decorative1 and to class them as pictorial really does them injustice4 ,they are thoroughly conventional and quite medieval in feeling4 ,sara ,stockwell ,clark ,herbert ,wood ,adams ,laura ,gaston ,finley ,elmer ,bragg ,adams ,lewis ,w4 ,hatch ,angus ,frederick ,mackay ,julian ,pearce ,smith ,irving and ,sissie ,lehman ,louis and ,bertha ,stillings ,alice and ,arthur ,cahn ,rubie ,la ,lande de ,ferrire ,maurice ,m4 ,sternberger ,george ,louis ,beer ,,gordon ,,craig ,the ,page has been so much exploited in the public press that it seems supererogation to write anything more about it or ,gordon ,craig1 one the embodiment of the other4 ,mr4 ,craig is very much of an all-round young man2 brought up in the atmosphere of the theater and of books and pictures1 he has dabbled in all to some purpose4 ,he has a clear-cut individuality that differentiates him and his--work1 ,i was going say1 but perhaps play would be better1 for ,mr4 ,craig is one of those inconsequential chaps that seem to take things as they come and be chipper and happy and youthful-hearted with all4 ,his book-plate work is of the meat-ax variety and inspired by the rough wood-cuts of the early engravers4 ,his work has the air of the poseur that is as balm to the heart of the dilettante4 ,james ,pryde1 #ahih ,m4 ,p4 7,margaret ,palgrave7 ,ellen ,terry 7large71 map ,ellen ,terry 7small71 map ,k4 ,d4 7,mrs4 ,kitty ,downing71 #aijj ,katie ,black ,e4 ,t41 #ahii 7,ellen ,terry7 ,james ,corbet ,v4 ,c4 7,vincent ,corbet7 ,r4 ,c4 7,robin ,craig7 ,h4 ,f4 7,helen ,fox7 ,c4 ,m4 7,carl ,michaelis7 ,nina 7,lady ,corbet7 ,b4 7,beatrice ,irwin7 ,c4 ,d4 7,charles ,dalmon7 ,w4 ,h4 ,downing ,m4 ,m4 7,maud ,meredith7 ,a4 ,l4 7,aime ,lowther7 ,william ,winter ,roche 7,charles ,e4 ,roche71 #aijj ,s4 ,b4 ,b4 7,s4 ,b4 ,brereton7 ,c4 7,christopher ,st4 ,john7 ,g4 ,c4 7,gordon ,craig7 ,edy 7,edith ,craig7 ,j4 ,d4 7,john ,drew7 ,l4 ,w41 #ahig 7,lucy ,wilson7 ,oliver ,bath1 #ahii ,e4 ,d4 ,l4 7monogram7 7,edie ,lane7 ,g4 ,c41 #ahih 7,gordon ,craig7 ,martin ,shaw ,miss ,norman ,lucy ,wilson ,e4 ,c4 7,edith ,craig7 ,ellen ,terry ,ellen ,terry ,marion ,terry ,cissie ,loftus ,evelyn ,smalley ,edith ,craig ,c4 ,b4 ,p4 7,mrs4 ,brown-,potter7 ,tommy ,norman ,jess ,dorynne ,jess ,dorynne ,rosie ,craig ,g4 ,c4 7,gordon ,craig7 ,gordon ,craig ,gordon ,craig ,gordon ,craig ,mrs4 ,enthoven ,audrey ,campbell ,m4 ,tolemache ,g4 ,tolemache ,j4 ,b4 ,r4 7,madam ,bell-,rauche7 ,m4 ,fox ,anna ,held ,pamela ,colman ,smith ,katie ,dunham ,haldone ,mc,fall ,n4 ,f4 ,d4 7,mrs4 ,dryhurst7 ,,julius ,,diez ,the work of ,julius ,diez is rich with the flavor of medievalism and full decorative effect4 ,the example shown in this book1 the plate for ,max ,ostenrieder1 is a little masterpiece and an ideal book-plate4 ,mr4 ,diez has done others much more elaborate1 and with well-drawn and well thought-out motifs1 but none to excel the bit referred to4 ,bayerischer ,kunstgewerbe-,verein ,gustav ,euprius ,max ,ostenrieder ,gustav ,wolff ,richard ,hildebrandt ,august ,drumm ,luise ,riggaur ,joseph ,flokmann ,dr4 ,jul4 ,fekler ,julie von ,boschinger ,georg ,hirth ,adolf ,beermann ,julius ,diez ,paul ,scharff ,elise ,diez ,georg ,buchner ,franz ,langheinrich ,paul ,meyer ,,george ,,wharton ,,edwards ,mr4 ,edwards has made a large number of very excellent book-cover designs and has decorated several volumes throughout4 ,one of the most beautiful of the latter is ,spenser's ,epithalamion1 published by ,dodd1 ,mead ,company4 ,mr4 ,edwards has done a few other book-plates in addition to those listed here1 but these are all he wishes to stand sponsor for4 ,harvard ,university1 ,arnold ,arboretum1 #ahib ,grolier ,club ,author's ,club ,library ,george ,washington ,cram ,tudor ,jenks ,g4 ,w4 ,drake ,,fritz ,,erler ,fritz ,erler has been one of the leading contributors to that prince of ,german art periodicals1 ,jugend1 since its beginning4 ,his book-plates are characterized by the same imaginative spirit and weirdness that appear in all his work4 ,his work is often reproduced in soft tints with excellent effect4 ,in the third volume of ,jugend there was a double page given to prints of ,mr4 ,erler's book-plates4 ,carl ,mayr ,arthur ,scott ,t4 ,neisser ,hugo ,wolf ,c4 ,schoenfield ,sigmund ,schott ,m4 ,souchon ,s4 ,fuld ,albert ,schott ,ulrich ,putze ,max ,mayr ,toni ,neisser ,m4 von ,b4 ,m4 von ,b4 ,e4 ,gerhuser ,h4 ,marx ,gustav ,eberius ,liebermann ,,william ,,edgar ,,fisher ,mr4 ,fisher's work is fully described in the leading article in this book by ,mr4 ,bowdoin4 ,the list of plates is in chronological order and is complete to ,july #a1 #aijb4 #a ,william ,edgar ,fisher #b ,william ,edgar ,fisher #c ,william ,edgar ,fisher #d ,winifred ,knight #e ,william ,lincoln ,ballenger #f ,stanley ,shepard #g ,william ,a4 ,brodie #h ,silvanus ,macy #i ,edna ,b4 ,stockhouse #aj ,leila ,h4 ,cole #aa ,c4 ,a4 ,w4 7,c4 ,a4 ,wheelock7 #ab ,lula ,thomas ,wear #ac ,gertrude ,t4 ,wheeler #ad ,guild of the ,holy ,child1 ,peekskill1 ,n4 ,y4 #ae ,elizabeth ,langdon #af ,john ,charles ,gage #ag ,sallie ,a4 ,richards #ah ,albert ,edgar ,hodgkinson #ai ,samuel ,n4 ,hudson #bj ,john ,elliot ,richards #ba ,ellen ,e4 ,langdon #bb ,maria ,page ,barnes #bc ,maie ,bruce ,douglas #bd ,sara ,grace ,bell #be ,edward ,a4 ,wilson #bf ,peyton ,c4 ,crenshaw #bg ,marion ,maude ,lindsey #bh ,chauncey ,e4 ,wheeler #bi ,bi ,lauda 7secret society7 #cj ,mary ,n4 ,lewis #ca ,elizabeth ,allen #cb ,the ,studio ,club #cc 7,dr47 ,i4 ,n4 ,wear #cd ,william ,chauncey ,langdon #ce ,charles ,s4 ,young #cf ,frederic ,h4 ,church #cg ,john ,m4 ,harrison #ch ,les ,chats ,noirs #ci ,george ,h4 ,phelps #dj ,mary ,speer #da ,julia ,locke ,frame #db ,john ,d4 ,farrand #dc ,lucy ,p4 ,winton #dd ,winifred ,knight #de ,mary ,cheney ,elwood #df ,ernest ,orchard #dg ,reta ,l4 ,adams #dh ,edward ,c4 ,brown #di ,adeline ,cameron #ej ,t4 ,frank ,fisher #ea ,edna ,b4 ,stockhouse #eb ,john ,le ,droit ,langdon #ec ,w4 ,j4 ,awty #ed ,henry ,mc,lallen #ee ,william ,edward ,ramsay #ef ,david ,s4 ,calhoun #eg ,walter ,w4 ,wait ,,edwin ,,davis ,,french ,the book-plates of ,edwin ,davis ,french are the most esteemed of those of our present ,american engravers4 ,his work is decidedly the vogue among those who can afford the best1 and is much prized by collectors4 ,there has rarely been an article on book-plates published in the past five years or more that has not contained a eulogy of his work1 and there have been reproductions galore1 both from the original coppers and by half-tone4 ,there is no ,american designer whose work is so eagerly sought by the collector or for which larger returns are asked in exchanges4 ,mr4 ,french usually designs the work he engraves1 but in several instances he has cut plates from the designs of others4 ,such instances are noted in the list4 ,mr4 ,french's work is characterized by daintiness of design and great beauty of execution4 ,he is unquestionably a master of the graver in decorative work4 ,in the following list those numbered #acc and below are from ,mr4 ,lemperly's well-known list1 and credit is hereby rendered him therefor4 ,the rest of the list is made up from various sources and has been very carefully compared and is believed to be accurate and complete1 with the few exceptions noted1 to ,july #a1 #aijb4 #agd ,adams1 ,ruth #ada ,allen1 ,charles ,dexter1 #ahii a with portrait b with book-case c with one club emblem changed #agj ,alexander1 ,amy ,b4 #ahg ,adams1 ,frances ,amelia1 #aija #aii ,adams1 ,edward ,dean1 #aijb #bjg ,adams1 ,ernest ,kempton1 #aijb #dd ,alexander1 ,charles ,b41 #ahie #aa ,andrews1 ,william ,loring1 #ahid #gf ,andrews1 ,william ,loring1 ,compliments of1 #ahif #aie ,adriance ,memorial ,library1 ,poughkeepsie1 #aijb #aaa ,armour1 ,george ,allison1 #ahih #ih ,author's ,club 7designed by ,geo4 ,wharton ,edwards71 #ahig #aj ,avery1 ,in ,memoriam1 ,ellen ,walters1 #ahid #adb ,bakewell1 ,allan ,c4 #dc ,bakewell1 ,a4 ,c41 #ahie #cf ,bates1 ,james ,hale1 #ahid #ec ,barger1 ,samuel ,f41 #ahie #ag ,baillie1 ,w4 ,e41 #ahid #bj ,blackwell1 ,henry1 #ahid #af ,bierstadt1 ,edward ,hale1 #ahid #db ,bernheim1 ,a4 ,c41 #ahie #fj ,biltmoris1 ,ex ,libris 7designed by owner1 ,george ,w4 ,vanderbilt71 #ahie #fg ,bar of the ,city of ,new ,york1 ,association of the 7,chas4 ,h4 ,woodbury's library1 #ahie71 #ahif #aah ,bar of the ,city of ,new ,york1 ,association of the 7the ,john ,e4 ,burrill ,fund1 #ahig71 #ahif #aai ,bar of the ,city of ,new ,york1 ,association of the 7,gift of ,james ,c4 ,carter7 #fi ,biltmoris1 ,ex ,libris 7like #fj1 but smaller71 #ahif #hg ,bliss1 ,catherine ,a41 #ahif #ajd ,burke1 ,edward ,f41 #ahig #acc ,bradshaw1 ,sidney ,ernest1 #ahih #a ,brainerd1 ,helen ,elvira1 #ahib #d ,brainerd1 ,helen ,elvira1 #ahid #abd ,brown1 ,georgette 7adapted from ,parisian trade-card #ahth century7 a with border b without border #agf ,borden1 ,m4 ,c4 ,d4 #agg ,borden1 ,m4 ,c4 ,d4 7small7 #aci ,boas1 ,emil ,l4 #hj ,borland1 ,harriet ,blair1 #ahif #aff ,buck1 ,john ,h4 7designed by ,miss ,marion ,buck7 #aga ,bullock1 ,james ,wilson1 #aijj #ahj ,barnes1 ,john ,sanford #fe ,bull1 ,william ,lanman1 #ahie #adg ,blackwell1 ,henry 7monogram71 #ahii #aej ,blackwell1 ,henry1 ,compliments of1 #aijj #ia ,carnegie1 ,lucy ,coleman1 #ahig #if ,candidati1 #ahig #g ,chew1 ,beverly1 #ahid #dg ,chew1 ,beverly1 #ahie #da ,church1 ,e4 ,d41 #ahie #ei ,champaign ,public ,library1 #ahie #h ,clark1 ,charles ,e41 ,m4 ,d41 #ahid #i ,clark1 ,charles ,e41 ,m4 ,d4 7smaller71 #ahid #ah ,colonial ,dames of ,america #bh ,coutant 7,dr471 ,richard ,b41 #ahid #ff ,clough1 ,micajah ,pratt1 #ahif #hc ,the ,john ,crerar ,library1 ,chicago1 #ahif #ig ,connell1 ,william1 #ahig #ajj ,child ,memorial ,library 7,harvard71 #ahig #abe ,cox1 ,jennings ,stockton1 #ahih #ea ,clough1 ,micajah ,p4 #aef ,cheney1 ,alice ,s41 #aijj #afg ,chamberlain1 ,elizabeth 7,the ,orchards71 #aijj #ade ,cushing #bb ,deats1 ,hiram ,edmund1 #ahid #aca ,dana1 ,charles ,a4 7designed by ,a4 ,kay ,womrath71 #ahih #gj ,dows1 ,tracy1 #ahif #ef ,de ,vinne1 ,theo4 ,l4 7designed by ,george ,fletcher ,babb71 #ahie #hd ,denver ,club1 ,the 7designed by ,cora ,e4 ,sargent71 #ahif #adc ,duryee1 ,george ,van ,wagenen and ,margaret ,van ,nest1 #ahii #df ,ellsworth1 ,james ,william1 #ahie #hh ,emmet1 ,the ,collection of ,thos4 ,addis1 ,m4 ,d41 ,new ,york ,public ,library1 #ahif #b ,french1 ,mary ,brainerd1 #ahic #c ,french1 ,edwin ,davis 7,volapk71 #ahic #e ,e4 ,d4 ,f4 7,french1 ,edwin ,davis71 #ahic a ,e4 ,d4 ,f41 without enclosing frame b with frame c ,edwin ,davis ,french #ai ,foote1 ,charles ,b41 #ahid #afh ,foot1 ,margaret ,h41 #aijj #aih ,furman1 ,dorothy1 #aijb #ba ,grolier ,club1 ,the1 #ahid #bi ,goodwin1 ,james ,j41 #ahid #cj ,goodwin1 ,francis1 #ahid #cb ,godfrey1 ,jonathan1 #ahid #fd ,goodrich1 ,j4 ,king1 #ahie #hi ,gray1 ,adelle ,webber1 #ahig #aaj ,goldsmith1 ,abraham1 #ahih #aba ,goldsmith1 ,james ,a41 #ahih #di ,goodwin1 ,james ,j41 #ahie #acf ,gale1 ,edward ,courtland1 #ahii #ahe ,gage1 ,mabel ,carleton 7design by owner71 #aija #bjb ,gray1 ,john ,chipman1 #aijb #aha ,harvard1 ,society of the ,signet 7designed by ,b4 ,g4 ,goodhue7 #ahf ,harvard ,union 7designed by ,b4 ,g4 ,goodhue71 #aija a #aija b ,in ,memoriam ,henry ,baldwin ,hyde #ahd ,harbor ,hill 7,mrs4 ,clarence ,mc,kay7 #ch ,haber1 ,louis ,i1 #ahid #ajf ,hartshorn1 ,mary ,minturn 7designed by ,miss ,e4 ,brown71 #ahig #ee ,havemeyer1 ,william ,frederick 7designed by ,thomas ,tryon71 #ahie #gc ,herter1 ,christian ,archibald1 #ahif #adi ,horsford1 ,cornelia #aee ,hopkins 7,maj471 ,robert ,emmet #bc ,holden1 ,edwin ,b41 #ahid #bd ,holden1 ,edwin ,b4 7smaller7 #fa ,h7olden71 ,e7mily71 7,miss71 #ahie #be ,holden1 ,alice ,c41 #ahid #bf ,holden1 ,edwin ,r41 #ahid #afd ,james1 ,walter ,b41 ,m4 ,d4 #cc ,kalbfleish1 ,charles ,conover1 #ahid #ij ,o4 ,a4 ,k7ahn71 #ahig #id ,kingsbury1 ,edith ,davies 7designed by ,lilian ,c4 ,westcott71 #ahig #aac ,lambert1 ,samuel ,w41 #ahih #he ,lamson1 ,edwin ,ruthven 7designed by ,e4 ,h4 ,garrett71 #ahif #agc ,larner1 ,john ,b4 #ce ,lawrence1 ,emily ,hoe1 #ahid #f ,leggett1 ,cora ,artemisia1 #ahid #ae ,lefferts1 ,marshall ,clifford1 #ahid #ci ,l4 ,b4 ,l7wenstein71 #ahie #aje ,lefferts1 ,mollie ,cozine1 #ahig #ajb ,lemperly1 ,paul1 #ahig #afi ,loveland1 ,john ,w4 and ,lee ,partridge #aei ,livermore1 ,john ,r4 #agb ,little1 ,arthur ,west #aib ,long ,island ,historical ,society1 #aijj a ,storrs ,memorial ,fund1 #aijj b ,ecclesiastical ,history #adh ,k4 ,d4 ,m4 7,mackay1 ,mrs4 ,clarence7 7small monogram with crest7 #eh ,marshall1 ,frank ,evans1 #ahie #cg ,mausergh1 ,richard ,southcote1 #ahie #ie ,marshall1 ,julian1 #ahig #ahh ,merriman1 ,roger ,bigelow #dj ,metropolitan ,museum of ,art1 #ahie a ,cruger mansion b new building #ed ,messenger1 ,maria ,gerard1 #ahie #he ,messenger1 ,maria ,gerard1 #ahif a gift-plate with book-pile b with view of ,pleasantville library #gd ,morgan1 ,a4 ,j41 #ahif #ib ,mc,carter1 ,robert ,h41 #ahif #aae ,medicis1 ,ex ,libris 7,cushing71 #ahih #de ,mc,kee1 ,thomas ,jefferson #aea ,messenger1 ,maria ,gerard and ,elizabeth ,chamberlain 7,the ,orchards71 #ahii #fh ,v4 ,e4 ,m7acy7 a ,v4 ,e4 ,m4 b ,macy1 ,valentine ,everit and ,edith ,carpenter1 #ahif #adj ,moore1 ,louise ,taylor ,hartshorne #abh ,nimick1 ,florence ,coleman1 #ahih #afc ,new ,york ,yacht ,club1 ,the 7after sketch by the late ,walter ,b4 ,owen7 #ab ,oxford ,club1 ,the1 ,lynn1 #ahid #eg ,osborne1 ,thomas ,mott and ,agnes ,devens1 #ahie #fb ,odd ,volumes1 ,the ,club of1 #ahie #ac ,players1 ,the 7designed by ,howard ,pyle71 #ahid #ej ,pyne1 ,m4 ,taylor1 #ahie #fc ,pine1 ,percy ,rivington1 #ahie #ha ,plummer1 ,mary ,emma1 #ahif #ajg ,pyne1 ,m4 ,taylor1 #ahig #bjd ,pyne1 ,r4 ,stockton1 #aijb #ajh ,princeton ,university1 ,library of1 #ahig #acb ,prescott1 ,eva ,snow ,smith1 #ahih #afj ,porter1 ,nathan ,t41 #aijj #ahi ,phillips1 ,william 7design arranged from #afth century armorial by ,p4 de ,chaignon la ,rose71 #aija #ad ,reid1 ,whitelaw1 #ahid #cd ,rowe1 ,henry ,sherburne1 #ahid #ajc ,ranney1 ,henry ,clay and ,helen ,burgess1 #ahig #aia ,richards1 ,walter ,davis1 #ahbe-ahgg1 #aija #aeh ,robinson1 ,c4 ,l4 ,f4 #ii ,sabin1 ,ruth ,mary1 #ahig #aji ,sampson1 ,florence de ,wolfe #ahih #eb ,sherwin1 ,henry ,a41 #ahie #gg ,sedgwick1 ,robert1 #ahif #hb ,sherwin1 ,henry ,a4 7similar to #eb1 but smaller71 #ahif #aag ,sherwood1 ,samuel ,smith1 #ahih #abi ,scripps1 ,james ,edmund1 #ahih #aja ,skinner1 ,mark1 ,library #acd ,stickney1 ,edward ,swan 7,chicago ,historical ,society71 #ahih #aab ,stratton1 ,a4 ,dwight1 #ahih #ic ,stearns1 ,john ,lloyd1 #ahig #ga ,sovereign 7designed by ,thomas ,tryon7 7crown71 #ahif #gi ,sovereign 7designed by ,thomas ,tryon7 7eagle71 #ahif #aic ,society of ,colonial ,wars1 ,connecticut1 #aija #agi ,sherman1 ,william ,watts 7design by ,b4 ,g4 ,goodhue71 #aija #gh ,taylor1 ,chas4 ,h41 ,jr4 7designed by ,e4 ,b4 ,bird71 #ahif #ace ,talmage1 ,john ,f4 #aeb ,treadwell ,library 7,mass4 ,general ,hospital7 7designed by ,b4 ,g4 ,goodhue7 #abg ,thorne1 ,katherine ,cecil ,sanford1 #ahih #abb ,twentieth ,century ,club 7designed by ,mrs4 ,evelyn ,rumsey ,carey71 #ahih #aeg ,union ,league ,club #aed ,university ,club1 ,cleveland #dh ,vail1 ,henry ,h41 #ahie #aaf ,vassar ,alumnae ,historical ,association1 #ahih #aif ,varnum 7,gen471 ,james ,m4 #abh ,van ,wagenen1 ,frederick ,w41 #ahih #ca ,warner1 ,beverly1 ,m4 ,a41 #ahid #aad ,wendell1 ,barrett1 #ahih #abf ,williams1 ,e4 ,p41 #ahih #acj ,wood1 ,arnold1 #ahih #acg ,wood1 ,ethel ,hartshorne #ahb ,worcester ,art ,museum1 #aija #add ,a4 ,w4 7,arnold ,wood71 #ahii #adf ,williams1 ,john ,skelton #afa ,wodell1 ,silas #age ,woodward1 ,s4 ,walter1 #aijj #agh ,whitin1 ,sarah ,elizabeth #abj ,winthrop1 ,henry ,rogers1 #ahih #ge ,willets1 ,howard1 #ahif #bg ,woodbury1 ,john ,page1 #ahid #gb 7,yale7 ,the ,edward ,tompkins ,mc,laughlin ,memorial ,prize in ,english ,composition1 #ahif ,,bertram ,g4 ,,goodhue ,bertram ,grosvenor ,goodhue is a ,boston architect who has made several book-plates of merit4 ,one made for a department of ,harvard ,university is particularly rich in decorative effect1 and a design of which one would not grow weary4 ,others of ,mr4 ,goodhue's designs are treated in broad line and might have been reproduced very effectively by wood engraving4 ,a4 ,squire ,udolpho ,snead ,rachel ,norton ,harvard ,university ,library1 ,lowell ,memorial ,library of ,romance ,literature ,h4 ,i4 ,k4 7,h4 ,i4 ,kimball7 ,library of the ,harvard ,union ,society of the ,signet1 ,harvard ,treadwell ,library1 ,mass4 ,general ,hospital ,m4 ,a4 de ,wolfe ,howe ,william ,watts ,sherman ,,harry ,e4 ,,goodhue ,the few book-plates designed by ,harry ,e4 ,goodhue are mostly of the girl and book type4 ,in the plate for ,jessy ,mc,clellan the young woman appears to be sorry she done it1 or else is quite discouraged at the idea of lifting her folio romance into her lap4 ,mr4 ,goodhue's most pleasing design is that for ,constance ,alexander1 shown on page #bg4 ,amy ,m4 ,sacker ,constance ,grosvenor ,alexander ,jessy ,trumbull ,mc,clellan ,june ,eldredge ,juliet ,armstrong ,collins ,t4 ,b4 ,,hapgood1 ,jr4 ,mr4 ,hapgood is a decorative designer in ,boston1 and his work on the covers of various periodicals and catalogs is well known4 ,plate ,no4 #e was submitted in competition and took second prize4 ,it has never been reproduced4 ,no4 #a was reproduced in ,the ,red ,letter1 ,no4 #b in the book-plate number of ,the ,studio1 as was also ,no4 #d4 ,no4 #ad has not been reproduced4 ,no4 #ae was originally made as a printer's mark and was so used4 ,it was later altered to serve as a book-plate4 #a ,rev4 ,george ,fred ,daniels1 #ahif #b ,norris ,hastings ,laughton1 #ahig #c ,a4 ,f4 ,skenkelberger1 #ahig #d ,theodore ,brown ,hapgood1 ,jr41 #ahig #e ,society of ,mayflower ,descendants in ,mass41 #ahig #f ,rufus ,william ,sprague1 ,jr41 #ahih #g ,frances ,louise ,allen1 #ahih #h ,andrew ,c4 ,wheelwright1 #ahih #i ,andrew ,c4 ,wheelwright1 #ahih #aj ,richard ,gorham ,badger1 #ahih #aa ,thursday ,club1 #ahii #ab ,north ,brookfield ,free ,public ,library1 #aijj #ac ,edwin ,osgood ,grover1 #aijj #ad ,harriet ,manning ,whitcomb1 #aijj #ae ,carl ,heintzemann ,,harold ,e4 ,,nelson ,many of the figures in the book-plates by ,harold ,nelson are of the attenuated pre-,raphaelite type1 but there are others one can believe really once lived4 ,the frontispiece to the book-plate number of ,the ,studio is a beautiful decorative bit by ,mr4 ,nelson1 and makes us quite willing to forgive him some of his more eccentric designs4 ,the plate referred to is enhanced in beauty by a few lines of gold judiciously used4 ,the musical plate on page #ah of this volume is a pleasing one4 ,mary ,l4 ,oldfield ,edith ,a4 ,kingsford ,robert ,h4 ,smith ,fanny ,nelson ,ellen ,maguire ,edward ,lomax ,ernest ,scott ,fardell1 ,m4,a4 ,ernest ,scott ,fardell1 ,m4,a4 ,geoffery ,parkyn ,a4 ,ludlow ,james ,wilmar ,bedford ,college ,library ,horace ,shaw ,harold ,edward ,hughes ,nelson ,lady ,literary ,society ,mark ,nelson ,evelyn ,wynne ,parton ,a4 ,a4 ,wood ,maude ,burton ,marion ,h4 ,spielmann ,alfred ,anteshed ,jane ,nelson ,leopold d',estreville ,lenfestey ,,edmund ,h4 ,,new ,the book-plate designs by ,mr4 ,new are in a class by themselves4 ,no one else has worked quite the field occupied by this artist4 ,mr4 ,new has used architecture for the motifs of a series of unusually pleasing plates4 ,he has treated in a most decorative way whole buildings as well as details1 doorways1 and so forth4 ,his plates are particularly adapted to the dignified old houses that contain the libraries for which they were made4 ,mr4 ,new has not limited himself to this field1 as he has done a number of designs with no architectural suggestion4 ,his work in book illustration and decoration is of a most delightful quality1 and is well known to all lovers of black and white4 ,a number of his book-plate designs were reproduced and commented upon in ,simpson's ,book of ,book-plates1 ,vol4 ,,ii41 ,no4 ,i4 ,the book-plate number of ,the ,studio also showed some of his designs4 ,the list is in chronological order and complete4 ,herbert ,new ,rev4 ,richard ,r4 ,philpots ,rees ,price 7wood cut7 ,montague ,fordham 7wood cut7 ,c4 ,elkin ,mathews ,dr4 ,edmundi ,atkinson ,edward ,morton ,frederic ,chapman ,william and ,catherine ,childs ,beatrice ,alcock ,arthur ,fowler ,no4 #a ,highbury ,terrace ,julia ,sharpe ,herbert ,b4 ,pollard ,william ,malin ,roscoe 7three sizes71 #ahig ,edward ,evershed ,dendy ,j4 ,g4 ,gardner-,brown ,phil4 ,norman ,edward ,le ,breton ,martin ,roberti ,saundby1 ,m4 ,d41 ,,ll4 ,d4 7two sizes71 #aijj ,george ,lewis ,burton ,george ,cave1 #aijj ,alexander ,millington ,sing 7two sizes7 ,peter ,jones ,edward ,alfred ,cockayne ,,henry ,,ospovat ,henry ,ospovat is a young ,russian artist residing in ,london4 ,he has done some superb decorative work for the sonnets and poems of ,shakespeare published by ,john ,lane4 ,his book-plates are precious bits of decoration worthy the adoration of all lovers of the beautiful4 ,there have been only a few reproductions of them4 ,the book-plate number of ,the ,studio shows several and ,fincham's ,artists and ,engravers lists two4 ,arthur and ,jessie ,guthrie1 #ahih ,james and ,maud ,robertson1 #ahih ,john and ,jessie ,hoy1 #ahih ,arthur ,guthrie1 #ahih ,walter ,crane ,charles ,rowley ,james ,hoy ,james ,hoy ,frank ,iliffe ,hoy ,john and ,jessie ,hoy 7second design7 ,george ,moore ,a4 ,emrys ,jones ,fred ,beech ,j4 ,h4 ,reynolds ,t4 ,c4 ,abbott ,frank and ,marie ,hoy ,,armand ,,rassenfosse ,armand ,rassenfosse is a resident of ,liege1 therefore1 presumably1 a ,belgian and a subject of the ,german ,empire4 ,but as stone walls do not always a prison make1 so frontiers do not always mark the nationality of art and letters4 ,mr4 ,rassenfosse is distinctly ,french in his feeling and artistic point of view4 ,perhaps ,i should rather say ,parisian1 for it is of the ,latin ,quartier and the ,beaux ,arts that his work breathes4 ,his designs are almost entirely of nude femininity and his method of expression the etching4 ,he has made some eight or ten charming bits1 full of life and chic--,i was going to say1 frou-frou1 but that would be a misnomer1 for his models are innocent of gowns or lingerie4 ,their spirit and beauty of execution is high1 but as book-plate designs--well1 it's a bit like champagne for breakfast4 ,alex4 von ,winiwarter ,alfred ,lavachery1 #ahij ,m4 ,r4 7,marie ,rassenfosse7 ,a4 ,r4 7,armand ,rassenfosse7 ,alb4 ,mockel ,h4 v4 ,w4 7,hans von ,winiwarter7 ,three designs without names ,d',alb4 ,neuville ,,louis ,,rhead ,the illustrator of ,pilgrim's ,progress and the ,idylls of the ,king needs no introduction to the average book-lover1 and the hearts of the poster-collectors throb at his name4 ,mr4 ,rhead is an ,american of ,english birth and a resident of one of the suburbs of greater ,gotham4 ,his decorative work has been long and favorably known1 and his book-plates can but add to his reputation4 ,he has done but fifteen1 and two of these are yet to be reproduced1 but some examples of his work are in most collections4 ,gertrude ,tozier ,chisholm ,james ,henry ,darlington ,samuel ,moody ,haskins ,le ,roy ,w4 ,kingman ,frank ,j4 ,pool ,louis ,rhead 7symbolic7 ,louis ,rhead 7fishing7 ,katharine ,rhead ,w4 ,h4 ,shir-,cliff1 #ahig ,jean ,irvine ,struthers ,stephen ,s4 ,yates ,david ,turnure ,ivy ,club 7,princeton ,university7 ,rector ,kerr ,fox ,george ,weed ,barhydt ,,byam ,,shaw ,the one or two book-plate designs by ,mr4 ,shaw that have been published show a magnificent imaginative conception and makes the lover of the beautiful ardently wish for more4 ,the one for ,isabella ,hunter1 on page #baf of ,vol4 ,i4 of the ,international ,studio1 is at the head of its class4 ,mr4 ,shaw's other line-drawings and his paintings have a richness and weirdness of design that is very attractive4 ,c4 ,e4 ,pyke-,nott ,frank ,lynn ,jenkins ,isabella ,r4 ,hunter ,laurence ,koe ,mr4 ,claye ,,joseph ,w4 ,,simpson ,mr4 ,simpson1 of ,edinburgh1 is a young ,scotchman of infinite ambition and generous talent4 ,he is not only a clever designer of book-plates1 but he has a magazine to exploit his schemes and theories of art4 ,this is reputed to be a quarterly1 but it is erratic1 like its sponsor1 and issues once in a while4 ,mr4 ,simpson's designs are full of feeling and rich in treatment4 ,about twenty-five of these have seen the light and are prized by the lovers of modernity4 ,robert ,bateman1 #ahig ,kris ,allsopp1 #ahig ,kris ,allsopp1 #ahig ,j4 ,a4 ,whish1 #ahih ,james ,dick1 #ahih ,f4 ,n4 and ,a4 ,w4 ,hepworth1 #ahih ,cissie ,allsopp1 #ahih ,j4 ,w4 ,simpson ,charles ,holme ,julio ,guardia ,k4 ,e41 ,graf zu ,leiningen-,westerburg1 #ahih ,maud ,h4 ,scott1 #ahih ,a4 ,gaston ,masson ,geo4 ,may ,elwood ,t4 ,f4 ,m4 ,williamson1 #ahii 7,gordon7 ,craig ,mabel ,waterson ,fiffi ,kuhn ,maisie ,phillips ,samuel ,linsley ,pauline ,stone ,t4 ,n4 ,foulis ,joseph ,w4 ,simpson ,w4 ,m4 ,stone ,,hans ,,thoma ,hans ,thoma is a painter of national reputation in ,germany who has thought it not beneath his dignity to do book-plate designs4 ,this by way of recreation or to strengthen his line for more pretentious efforts4 ,his designs are along classic and dignified lines4 ,his own personal plate is a weird one2 on it is a nude youth bearing the torch of knowledge and riding a gruesome dragon4 ,dr4 ,s4 ,herxheimer1 #ahih ,hans ,thoma ,adolph von ,gross1 #ahif ,dr4 ,henry ,thode ,august ,rasor ,martin ,elersheim ,s4 ,herrheimer ,sofie ,kchler ,hermann ,levi ,dr4 ,otto ,fiser ,luisa ,countess ,erddy ,r4 ,spier ,j4 ,a4 ,beringer ,karl and ,maria ,grunelius ,,thomas ,,tryon ,mr4 ,tryon's work has been described at length in another part of this book and a large part of his designs reproduced4 ,william ,frederick ,havemeyer 7engraved by ,e4 ,d4 ,french71 #ahib ,james ,seymour ,tryon1 #ahib ,arnold ,william ,brunner1 #ahic ,frank ,jean ,pool1 #ahic ,sovereign1 ,crown design 7engraved by ,e4 ,d4 ,french71 #ahif ,sovereign1 ,eagle design 7engraved by ,e4 ,d4 ,french71 #ahif ,annah ,m4 ,fellowes1 #ahif ,george ,elder ,marcus1 #ahig ,loyall ,farragut1 #ahih ,mary ,tryon ,stone1 #aijj same ,janet ,tryon ,stone1 #aijj design in ,rachel ,norton ,tryon ,stone1 #aijj different ,mary ,tryon ,stone 7#b;d71 #aijj sizes ,j4 ,c4 ,m4 7,miss ,j4 ,m4 ,cox71 #aija ,library of the ,boys' ,club1 #aijb ,willis ,steell1 #aijb ,,bernhard ,,wenig ,bernhard ,wenig is a comparatively newcomer in the field of book-plate design1 but he has already established for himself an enviable reputation in ,germany1 and his work is meeting with a growing appreciation by collectors in this country4 ,mr4 ,wenig's general manner is that of the old engraved wood block1 bold and more or less crude of line1 but full of virility4 ,most of his work is reproduced in black on white1 but in a few instances he has used a color or two with good effect4 ,his choice of subjects is varied1 but the studious bookman of the middle ages seems to be uppermost in his heart and mind4 ,mr4 ,wenig has made one plate for a child1 a small boy1 that is among the best half-dozen of designs for children4 ,baroness ,may v4 ,feilitzsch ,bernhard ,wenig1 #ahig ,anton ,wenig1 #ahig ,joh4 ,nep4 ,eser1 #ahii ,e4 ,w4 ,j4 ,grtner1 #aijj ,richard ,schulz1 #aijj ,mathilde ,schulz ,heinrich ,stmcke ,karl ,emich1 ,graf zu ,leiningen-,westerburg1 #aija ,gnter ,otto ,schulz ,gertrud ,schulz ,dr4 ,adolph ,brenk ,carl ,selzer ,lorenz ,wenig ,countess ,sofie du ,moulin ,max ,h4 ,meyer ,dr4 ,fr4 ,weinitz ,h4 von ,sicherer ,hugo ,schmid ,julie ,speyer ,louis ,king ,claire von ,frerichs ,franz ,menter ,l4 ,frankenstein ,dr4 ,hans ,lichtenfelt ,heinrich and ,hedwig ,brelauer ,fr4 ,schade ,f4 ,schaffener ,g4 ,drobner ,h4 ,r4 ,c4 ,hirzee ,wolfgang ,quincke ,alfred ,misterck ,ludwig ,stivner ,max ,landmann ,hans ,jaeger ,dr4 ,louis ,merck ,richard ,jaeger ,rosalie ,eeginbrodt ,georg ,ortner ,melaine ,dorny ,anna ,furstin ,ludwig ,klug ,doris von ,heyl ,frieherr ,max ,heyl ,carl ,r4 ,peiner ,david von ,flansemann ,paulus ,museum1 ,worms 7,mrs47 ,hedwig ,smidt ,wilhelm ,karl ,herams 7,mrs47 ,julie ,wassermann ,dr4 ,c4 ,schonborn ,maria von ,ernst ,wolfgang ,quincke ,walther ,frieherr von ,seckendorff ,wilhelm von ,schon ,illustration3 ,book-plate of ,w4 ,s4 ,transcriber's ,note ,minor punctuation errors have been repaired4 ,printer errors and inconsistencies have been amended as follows3 ,page #bh--;,bernard amended to ,bernhard--,by ,bernhard ,wenig ,page #cf--;,gerhaeuser amended to ,gerhuser--,the design for ,emil ,gerhuser is inoffensive 444 ,page #dc--portaits amended to portraits--,the portraits and view are interwoven 444 ,the final chapter1 the check-list of works1 contained a number of errors and inconsistencies in the names4 ,where there were other mentions of the name in the book1 the transcriber has made amendments for consistency1 as follows3 ,page #de--;,bernard amended to ,bernhard--,bernhard ,wenig ,page #di--,pierce amended to ,pearce--,julian ,pearce ,smith ,page #ea--;,f4 amended to ,e4--,e4 ,gerhuser ,page #ea--,lulu amended to ,lula--#ab ,lula ,thomas ,wear ,page #eh--;,jomes amended to ,james 7second instance7--,james ,hoy ,page #fa--;,havermeyer amended to ,havemeyer--,william ,frederick ,havemeyer 7engraved by ,e4 ,d4 ,french71 #ahib ,page #fa--;,fellows amended to ,fellowes--,annah ,m4 ,fellowes1 #ahif ,the following are likely to be errors1 but as they appear only once in this book1 they are preserved as printed4 ,this list may not be exhaustive4 ,page #eh--;,dr4 ,edmundi ,atkinson should probably be ,dr4 ,edmund ,atkinson ,page #fb--,rosalie ,eeginbrodt should probably be ,rosalie ,eigenbrodt ,page #fb--,melaine ,dorny should probably be ,melanie ,dorny ,page #fb--;,frieherr ,max ,heyl should probably be ,freiherr ,max ,heyl ,page #fb--;,carl ,r4 ,peiner should probably be ,carl ,r4 ,reiner ,page #fb--;,dr4 ,c4 ,schonborn should probably be ,dr4 ,c4 ,schnborn ,page #fb--,walther ,frieherr von ,seckendorff should probably be ,walther ,freiherr von ,seckendorff ,page #fb--,wilhelm von ,schon should probably be ,wilhelm von ,schn ,the frontispiece illustration has been moved to follow the title page4 ,other illustrations have been moved where necessary so that they are not in the middle of a paragraph4